Manuals#

This section contains the manuals for the users and the administrators of The MINERVA Platform.

Before you start:#

1. Take a look at Quick Start.

2. No MINERVA account is required for viewing and exploring open access maps,  i.e. Parkinson’s Disease map.

3. To upload your own dataset or network – a MINERVA user or curator account is required.

The latest MINERVA Platform v20.0#

• User’s manual

  Learn how to navigate, search for elements or reactions and export a map. Find out how to upload the overlay (dataset) or a plugin.

• Administrator’s manual

  Manual for an advanced user – learn what system biology formats MINERVA supports, how to upload projects and add users. Discover MINERVA-Net and the MINERVA Platform configuration.

What’s new in v20.0 (release notes):

• Redesigned admin interface, including new annotation functionality
• Build projects from git repositories
• API authentication tokens for programmatic access
• Drug target search now powered by OpenTargets; chemical target search by CTDbase
• Projects can be marked as read-only
• Simplified project permissions (curators with read access automatically get write access)
• CellDesigner tags handling and SBGN-ML annotation import/export support
• Java 21 support (Java 8 no longer supported)
• Removed legacy functionalities

Manuals for earlier versions of the MINERVA Platform#