iRefIndex MITAB Mapping

Unlike the parsing of PSI MI XML files, whose attributes correspond to certain tables and columns in the iRefIndex schema, the parsing and interpretation of MITAB files involves a separate mapping of MITAB format columns to such tables and columns in the schema.

MITAB columns	Data components	Entity	iRefIndex table and column assignments	iRefIndex category	UID to use
uidA	database:identifier	Interactor	int_xref.dbid = id(database) int_xref.acc = identifier	object_primaryref
uidB
altA				object_secondaryref
altB
aliasA			int_name.name = identifier int_name.MI = 'MI:0000'	object_alias
aliasB
method	code(description)	Experiment	int_xref.dbid = id('psi-mi') int_xref.acc = code	int_ditection_primaryref
			int_name.MI = code int_name.name = description	int_ditection_shortlbl
authors	(free text)	Experiment
pmids	pubmed:identifier		int_experiment.ex_bib_pri = identifier	(not applicable)
taxA	taxid:identifier	Interactor	int_xref.taxid = identifier	(part of interactor entries labelled with object_primaryref and object_secondaryref only)
taxB
interactionType	code(description)	Interaction	int_xref.dbid = id('psi-mi') int_xref.acc = code	int_type_primaryref
			int_name.MI = code int_name.name = description	int_type_sh
sourcedb		Interactor/interaction	int_source.source = id(description) int_object.source = id(description) int_source2object.source = id(description)	(not applicable)
interactionIdentifiers	database:identifier	Interaction	int_xref.dbid = database int_xref.acc = identifier	interaction_primaryref
confidence