File Formats

	Assay format 1 (old assay format .mtr)
	The first line indicates the number of plates, rows and columns of the assay
	Each column is associated with a plate
	In the picture below Ri represents the value of the row i and Cj the values of the column j

	Plate format 1 (old plate format .bgr, .apr, hit, sgm)
	The first line indicates the number of rows and columns of the plate
	This format is associated with the actual plate format

	Assay format 2 (new assay format .mtx)
	This is an XML-like format (but not strictly XML)
	The first line indicates the file type and the number of plates, rows and columns of the assay
	The file type can be ASSAY or HITS
	Each plate should have a name. The plate number is optional
	This format is associated with the actual plate format
	You have to close each tag with </tagName>

	Plate format 2 (new plate format .mtx)
	This is an XML-like format (but not strictly XML)
	The first line indicates the file type and the number of rows and columns of the plate
	The file type can be BACKGROUND, APPROXIMATION, HIT_DISTRIBUTION, or  SIGMA_DISTRIBUTION
	Each plate should have a name. The plate number is optional
	This format is associated with the actual plate format
	You have to close each tag with </tagName>

	Excel format
	You can use any kind of  Excel format, but the entries have to be numerical values
	Fill the empty wells with the plate mean and make sure that all Excel sheets have the plate values in the same zone (in the picture below the selected zone is 46 - C to 53 - L)
	Remove all empty or incorrect sheets from the file
	HTS Corrector will parse the entire Excel file and take the plate values from the selected zone. The sheet names will become the plate names
	The values in the non-selected zones will not influence the result. You can put there all kind of aditional information