Knowledgeblog ArrayExpress

Interprets the [aexp] shortcode to extract and display metadata from the ArrayExpress XML API.
The correct shortcode format is [aexp = “id”]metadata[/aexp]
Where id is the accession number of the ArrayExpress holding you wish to interrogate and metadata is one of the following types

species : returns species
accession : returns linked accession
submissiondate : returns submission date
lastupdate : returns last update date
releasedate : returns release date
name : returns short experiment description
description : returns long experiment description
score : returns MIAME scores (out of 5)
contact : returns contact email address and role if supplied
citation : returns citation, publication information and link to PubMed if supplied
datafiles : returns links to raw and processed data files, sdrf and idf files
png : returns and links the experimental design png
svg : returns and links the experimental design svg
assays : returns the number of assays
samples : returns the number of samples
arraydesign : returns and links to the array platform
experimenttypes : returns the experiment types (time course data, aCGH, dye swapped etc.)
experimentalfactors : returns the experiment factors (drug dose, timepoints, genotypes, compounds etc.)
sampleattributes : returns the sample attributes (organism part, developmental stage, tissue source, sex, strain etc.)

Copyright

This plugin is copyright Daniel Swan, Newcastle University and is licensed under GPLv2.

1. Unzip the downloaded .zip archive to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Use the [aexp][/aexp] shortcode somewhere on your site, to automatically insert ArrayExpress metadata