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{{Infobox software
| name                   = Open Laboratory Framework
| title                  = Open Laboratory Framework
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| developer              = Markus List and Jochen Thomas
| released               = {{Start date|2011|02|08}} (0.5.1)<ref name="OLFStart">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlaboratory/files/ |title=Open Laboratory Framework - Files |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref>
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| genre                  = [[Laboratory informatics]] software
| license                = GNU Public License v3.0<ref name="OLFOhloh">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/olf |title=Open Laboratory Framework: Project Summary |publisher=Ohloh |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref>
| website                = [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlaboratory/ sourceforge.net/projects/openlaboratory/]
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'''Open Laboratory Framework''' is a web-based [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) front-end that provides an extensible framework for better laboratory functionality.

==Product history==

The Open Laboratory Framework project appears to have been started in early 2010<ref name="OLFStart" /> by Jochen Thomas and Markus List, likely as part of a project through German software developer OSTHUS.<ref name="MListLinked">{{cite web |url=http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/markus-list/27/809/3ba |title=Markus List - Bioinformatics in Cancer Research |publisher=LinkedIn |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="JThomasOhloh">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/jochen-thomas |title=J. Thomas - Ohloh |publisher=Ohloh |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref> The last file release was with version 0.7 on April 11, 2011<ref name="OLFStart" />, and the last update for the software seems to have been March 19, 2012.<ref name="OLFOhlohCommits">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/olf/commits |title=Open Laboratory Framework: Commits |publisher=Ohloh |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref>. It's not known if development will continue on the project.

==Features==

Features of Open Laboratory Framework include<ref name="OLFHome">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlaboratory/ |title=Open Laboratory Framework |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref>:

* web-based front-end
* extensible framework
* experiment management
* inventory management
* barcode and printing support
* document management
* data analysis

==Hardware/software requirements==

Installation requirements have not been made clear by the developer.

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

Screenshots can be found on the [http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlaboratory/#screenshots SourceForge page].

==Entities using Open Laboratory Framework==



==Further reading==



==External links==

* [http://www.ohloh.net/p/olf Open Laboratory Framework on Ohloh]

==References==
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