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'''LIMSwiki''' is a collaborative wiki dedicated to the scientific community, featuring organized, documented, and up-to-date content regarding all aspects of [[laboratory informatics]], [[bioinformatics]], and [[health informatics]]. LIMSwiki also strives to maintain relevant knowledge about laboratory equipment as well as commercial and [[:Category:Open-source software|open-source]] software likely to be used in a [[laboratory]] setting. This also includes the [[:Category:Vendors|vendors]] of such equipment and software.
'''LIMSwiki''' is a [[MediaWiki]]-based platform dedicated to the scientific community, featuring organized, cited, up-to-date content regarding all aspects of [[laboratory informatics]], [[bioinformatics]], [[health informatics]], and other types of [[informatics]], as well as other technological, regulatory, and standardization topics relating to the laboratory. LIMSwiki also strives to maintain relevant knowledge about a variety of laboratory systems, including commercial and [[:Category:Open-source software|open-source]] software likely to be used in a [[laboratory]] setting. This includes many of the known [[:Category:Vendors|vendors]] of such software.</div>
 
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What does it mean to be "key" for the purpose of this ranking? The criterion for a vendor selling proprietary commercial laboratory informatics software being listed here: the vendor's LIMSwiki page must have a ''cited'' (from a publicly-available source) price list. Those with demonstration videos are given higher preference; items ranked by number of videos.
 
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1. [[LabLynx, Inc.]]<br />
2. [[Two Fold Software Limited]]<br />
3. [[BioData Inc.]]<br />
4. [[eBioSys Pty. Ltd.]]<br />
5. [[AgileBio]]<br />
6. [[Biomatters Ltd.]]<br />
7. [[LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc.]]<br />
8. [[Thermo Scientific]]<br />
9. [[Agilent Technologies, Inc.]]<br />
10. [[BiochemLab Solutions]]
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11. [[Sibio SAS]]<br />
12. [[The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd.]]<br />
13. [[Autoscribe Ltd.]]<br />
14. [[Blaze Systems Corporation]]<br />
15. [[LabWare, Inc.]]<br />
16. [[STARLIMS Corporation]]<br />
17. [[Bridge-Soft, LLC]]<br />
18. [[Bytewize AB]]<br />
19. [[ChemBytes]]<br />
20. [[ChemWare, Inc.]]
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21. [[Dynamic Databases, LLC]]<br />
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22. [[Lemm Tech Enterprises, Inc.]]<br />
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23. [[Mountain States Consulting, LLC]]<br />
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24. [[PerkinElmer Inc.]]<br />
25. [[RURO Inc.]]<br />
26. [[Summit Research Services]]<br />
27. [[System Approach, Ltd.]]<br />
28. [[YourLabData.com]]
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Need to know more about [[laboratory informatics|laboratory]] and [[Informatics|other types of informatics]]? Here is some suggested reading:
Outside the wiki's [[LIMSWiki:Glossary|encyclopedic content]], more than a decade's worth of guides and white papers, question and answer (Q&A) articles, journal articles, and books can be found. Use the search portals and links below to search through and navigate this extensive content. You may also find links to this wiki's more popular guides in the left-hand navigation of the site.<br />
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Compliance topics:
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<div style="float: left; margin: 0.4em 0.4em 0.4em 0em;">[[File:WikiJournal of Science logo (flat blue).svg.png|60px]]</div><br />A '''LIMSwiki journal article''' is a selected open-access article relating to various fields of informatics, laboratory management, and data management, free to republish elsewhere with proper citation. You can browse the collection using the tools below. (For a full listing of journals—open-access and otherwise—relating to [[laboratory informatics]], [[bioinformatics]], and other forms of [[informatics]], please see [[LIMSWiki:Resources/Journals]].)<br />&nbsp;<br />
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Listed below are some of the most active and supported open-source laboratory informatics software projects with articles in the wiki, as of February 2013. Go [[:Category:Laboratory informatics software (open_source)|here]] for all listed open-source laboratory informatics projects.
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* [[Bika LIMS]] via [[Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.|Bika Lab Systems]]<br />
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* [[LabKey Server]] via [[LabKey Corporation]]<br />
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* [[Galaxy (biomedical software)|Galaxy]] via Penn State & Emory University<br />
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* [[Indigo ELN]] via GGA Software Services, LLC<br />
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* [[LabTrove]] via University of Southampton<br />
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* [[openBIS]] via Center for Information Science and Databases - ETHZ<br />
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* [[OpenELIS]] via Univ. of Iowa and Univ. of Washington<br />
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* [[GNomEx]] via Huntsman Cancer Institute
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* [[SeqWare]] via its dev team<br />
* [[open enventory]] via Technische Universität Kaiserslautern<br />
* [[OpenClinica]] via OpenClinica, LLC<br />
* [[OpenChrom]] via its dev team<br />
* [[GNU Health]] via GNU Solidario<br />
* [[ms-lims]] via Ghent University and VIB<br />
* [[MISO]] via The Genome Analysis Centre<br />
* [[OpenEMR]] via its dev team<br />
* [[LabWiki]] via PHP Labware<br />
* [[LabStoRe]] via PHP Labware<br />
* [[Caisis]] via Caisis Foundation
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Are you looking for [[LIMS]] software? An [[electronic laboratory notebook]]? Or perhaps laboratory equipment? Try these suggestions:
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Listed below are key commercial and open-source laboratory informatics software offerings listed in the wiki that utilize the cloud or [[software as a service]] (SaaS) model. "Key" indicates vendor's (or software's) LIMSwiki page has a ''cited'' (from a publicly-available source) price list. Those with demonstration videos are given higher preference; items ranked by number of videos.
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Looking for open-source software solutions to make your lab or office more efficient? Try these starting points:
 
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1. webLIMS via [[LabLynx, Inc.]]<br />
*[[:Category:Electronic laboratory notebooks (open source)|Open-source ELN software]]
2. [[Bika LIMS]] via [[Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.]]<br />
*[[:Category:Scientific data management systems (open source)|Open-source SDMS software]]
3. Scilligence ELN via [[Scilligence Corporation]]<br />
*[[:Category:Enterprise management software (open source)|Open-source enterprise management software]]
4. LabArchives via [[LabArchives, LLC]]<br />
*[[:Category:Reporting software (open source)|Open-source reporting software]]
5. Contur ELN/iLabber via [[Accelrys, Inc.]]<br />
6. eCAT via [[Research Innovations Limited]]<br />
7. Labguru via [[BioData Inc.]]<br />
8. iPad ELN via [[Cognium Systems SA]]<br />
9. LABVANTAGE via [[LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc.]]
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10. NoteBookMaker via [[NoteBookMaker, LLC]]<br />
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11. BioRails DM via [[The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd.]]<br />
We've created several resources for users of the wiki over the years, including the [[LIMSWiki:Resources|LIMSwiki informatics resource portal]], which contains among other tools:
12. LABTrack via [[LABTrack, LLC]]<br />
 
13. SparkLix via [[SparkLix Bio IT Corp.]]<br />
#[[LIMSWiki:Resources#Magazines, journals, and blogs|Magazines, journals, and blogs]]
14. Datacloud via [[SPLhost, Inc.]]<br />
#[[LIMSWiki:Resources#Organizations, not-for-profits, and special interest groups|Organizations, not-for-profits, and special interest groups]]
15. O3 Lims via [[Bytewize AB]]<br />
#[[LIMSWiki:Resources#Conferences and trade shows|Conferences and trade shows]]
16. O3 LimsXpress via [[Bytewize AB]]<br />
#[[LIMSWiki:Resources/Consultants|Consultants]]
17. SQUISH via [[Information Management Services, Inc.]]
#[[LIMSWiki:Resources#Knowledge base, research, and reference|Knowledge base, research, and reference]]
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[[File:"Citation needed".jpg|thumb|left|Quality citations lend reputability to LIMSwiki content and confidence to readers.]]'''For many citations are a necessary evil.''' I try not to think of them that way. Rather, citations give the written content — whether it's about a [[LIMS]] vendor, an [[:Category:Open-source software|open-source software]] solution, or a piece of laboratory equipment — credibility, and they give readers more confidence in what they're reading. <br /><br />That said, I want to 1. remind users of the [[LIMSWiki:Citation guidelines|LIMSwiki citation guidelines]] and 2. offer a little help. I know for beginner wiki editors citations can be daunting. If after reading the guidelines you still need a little help, write a brief message on [[User talk:Shawndouglas|my talk page]], and I'll help how I can. We might even be able to organize an online tutorial together.
 
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'''The front page has received a facelift.''' A major complaint of the wiki so far has been that it's not terribly clear where to find the most usable material on the wiki at the moment. We've been so concerned with the content that other aspects have been taken for granted. Hopefully this front page overhaul makes it a bit easier to find the juiciest tidbits. As new material continues to be added, we'll be vigilant and update the front page as necessary.
 
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A LIMSwiki Q&A article is a brief topical article that is researched, written, and edited to answer a specific question, with necessary citations. The questions asked in these articles usually relate to specific industries that depend on laboratories, the laboratory informatics applications used in those industries, or some other laboratory/informatics-adjacent topic such as ISO/IEC 17025. A loose limit of 1,200 to 1,400 words is strived for, but sometimes they may go significantly longer in order to best answer the question.
 
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June 1, 2024:

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It's been a while. How about a few updates? First, today you'll notice a bit of a refresh of the front page. It was becoming increasingly obvious that for a wiki that's been around for well over a decade, finding something across the various namespaces (i.e., areas) still wasn't easy. A plethora of links were pasted across the front page, but that wasn't enough. This front page update is the first of several steps towards making knowledge and information a bit more findable on the wiki (there's always more that can be done). We now have a mini search portal for our four larger non-encyclopedic areas: guides and white papers, Q&A articles, journal articles, and books. This not only highlights these four areas more prominently but also gives users several ways to search and navigate the content in those areas. Second, a difficult decision was made to scale back vendor content. To the point prior about highlighting this wiki's encyclopedic and non-encyclopedic knowledge repository, it was time to move the vendors from the encyclopedic space to their own namespace, the Vendor: namespace. While vendor content is still highly useful to LIMSWiki users, its no longer as front-facing. Additionally, maintaining feature tables for each vendor was increasingly labor-intensive. As such, feature tables were removed, recognizing at the same time the onus remains fully on vendors to be more transparent about making public the full functionality of their offerings so potential buyers can make more informed decisions. Vendor records still retain their history, highlight offerings (i.e., LIMS, LIS, ELN, SDMS, and CDS), industries served, and other original information. Shawn Douglas (talk) 19:06, 1 June 2024 (UTC)


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Are you studying some sort of laboratory-based science in university? How well do your classes address laboratory informatics topics, particularly in the scope of industrial labs and how they operate outside of academia? If you find the discussion lacking, then his guide by industry veteran Joe Liscouski will be worth a look. In his guide A Science Student's Guide to Laboratory Informatics, Liscouski presents "an annotated map of the laboratory portion of a technological world, identifying critical points of interest and how they relate to one another, while making recommendations for the reader to learn more." Hope you find it useful! Shawn Douglas (talk) 18:48, 20 November 2023 (UTC)