Table 5.

Plug-ins for the Beacon Database

Plug-in	Function
Import/Export	These plug-ins allow the import and export of "Dye", "Plasmid", "Characteristic", "Person" and "Experiment" records from the database.
Equipment Import Plug-in	Reads a microscope database file and populates the record based upon this.
Spotted Import Plug-in	Reads a spotter program file and associated microscope database file and populates a record based upon these.
Spot Export Plug-in	Allows the export of a single spot record to a file.
Tracker Import Plug-in	Reads the XML output from Cell Tracker and adds this to a record.
Excel Import Plug-in	Reads the Excel output from Cell Tracker and adds this to a record.