6.2 Workspace

6.2 Workspace

The Workspace is a collection of the pathways, as well as custom annotations and other private data. Custom annotations may include folders and text fields functionally classifying a gene (for example, as a receptor) or linking it to a specific disease. Users may add both new nodes and links, which will be saved to the Workspace.

The Workspace is implemented in the form of a local file. The default Workspace is PathSys's Yeast database; it is preloaded with the list of proteins, complexes and cell processes. The Integrated Database workspace also contains approximately 100,000 functional links extracted from PubMed and full text articles.