The MINERVA Platform

The MINERVA (Molecular Interaction NEtwoRk VisuAlization) platform is a standalone webserver for visualization, exploration and management of molecular networks encoded in SBGN-compliant format, including files produced using CellDesigner or SBGN editors. Visualization of uploaded networks generated by the platform is accessible via a web browser to all viewers with the weblink to the resource. The MINERVA Platform is a webservice using the Java Server Faces 2 technology. The server side, including data parsing, integration, annotation and verification, is implemented in Java. The platform uses the Postgres SQL database for data storage and the Hibernate framework as a middle layer between web server and database. The user web-interface is generated using React.js. The displayed content is visualized by OpenLayers API, dedicated JavaScript and CSS.