12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first physical representation of the data is a document in text-based markup language.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first physical representation of the data is a document in text-based markup language. 13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the text-based markup language is one of the eXtended Markup Language (XML) and the MicroArray Gene Expression Markup Language (MAGE-ML).