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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>
 
Like any community wiki, the value and success of LIMSwiki is dependent upon the scientific community contributing their vast knowledge through the creation of relevant articles and editing of existing articles where knowledge is absent. If you wish to enrich the content of this wiki or have something of value to add, please [[:Special:RequestAccount|request an account]] and get started.</div>
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Need help getting started with LIMSwiki? Have no fear! Here are some excellent starting points:<br />&nbsp;<br />
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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. Go [[:Category:Vendors|here]] for all listed vendors in the wiki.
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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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1. [[LabLynx, Inc.]]<br />
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3. [[Scilligence Corporation]]<br />
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4. [[LabArchives, LLC]]<br />
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5. [[Research Innovations Limited]]<br />
<div style="float: left; margin: 0.4em 0.4em 0.4em 0em;">[[File:Learn.png|60px]]</div><br />A '''LIMSwiki guide or white paper''' is a topical, cited work researched, written, and edited to meet a certain standard of rigor. The topics of these guides and white papers have been chosen over the years to address both contemporary and long-time themes in [[Laboratory informatics|laboratory]] and scientific informatics, as well as technologically adjacent themes like [[cloud computing]] and [[cybersecurity]]. (Note that in the ''LII:'' namespace where these are found, once can also find other "launch" pages for material such as recorded webinars, EdX courses, and other industry works.)<br />&nbsp;<br />
6. [[BioData Inc.]]<br />
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14. [[Agilent Technologies, Inc.]]
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15. [[Instrumentos Científicos SA]]<br />
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20. [[LABTrack, LLC]]<br />
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23. [[Blaze Systems Corporation]]<br />
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24. [[EZQuant Ltd.]]<br />
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25. [[LabWare, Inc.]]<br />
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26. [[SparkLix Bio IT Corp.]]<br />
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27. [[STARLIMS Corporation]]<br />
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28. [[Bridge-Soft, LLC]]
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29. [[Bytewize AB]]<br />
30. [[ChemBytes]]<br />
31. [[ChemWare, Inc.]]<br />
32. [[Dynamic Databases, LLC]]<br />
33. [[FORMULATOR Software, LLC]]<br />
34. [[Lemm Tech Enterprises, Inc.]]<br />
35. [[Mountain States Consulting, LLC]]<br />
36. [[PerkinElmer Inc.]]<br />
37. [[Shazino SAS|shazino SAS]]<br />
38. [[SPLhost, Inc.]]<br />
39. [[Summit Research Services]]<br />
40. [[System Approach, Ltd.]]<br />
41. [[YourLabData.com]]
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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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* [[:Category:Vendors|All currently added active lab equipment and software vendors]]
Are you looking for [[Laboratory information management system|LIMS]] software? An [[electronic laboratory notebook|ELN]]? Former vendors? Try these suggestions:<br /><br />
* [[:Category:Inactive vendors|All currently added ''inactive'' lab equipment and software vendors]]
 
* [[CDMS vendor|CDMS vendors past and present]]
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*[[Vendor:LIS vendor|Active LIS vendors]]
* [[LIMS vendor|LIMS vendors past and present]]
*[[Vendor:ELN vendor|Active ELN vendors]]
* [[LIS vendor|LIS vendors past and present]]
*[[Vendor:SDMS vendor|Active SDMS vendors]]
* [[SDMS vendor|SDMS vendors past and present]]
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Additional tools:
* [[:Category:Vendor classes|Classifications of vendors]]
*[[:Category:LIMS vendors by industry|LIMS vendors by industry]]
* [[:Category:LIMS vendors by industry|LIMS vendors by industry]]
*[[:Category:LIS vendors by industry|LIS vendors by industry]]
* [[LIMS feature|LIMS features]]
*[[:Category:ELN vendors by industry|ELN vendors by industry]]
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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 />
Looking for open-source software solutions to make your lab or office more efficient? Try these starting points:
* [[Galaxy (biomedical software)|Galaxy]] via Penn State & Emory University<br />
* [[Indigo ELN]] via GGA Software Services, LLC<br />
* [[LabTrove]] via University of Southampton<br />
* [[openBIS]] via Center for Information Science and Databases - ETHZ<br />
* [[openCDMS]] via University of Manchester<br />
* [[OSCAR]] via OSCAR EMR<br />
* [[OpenMRS]] via its dev team<br />
* [[OpenELIS]] via Univ. of Iowa and Univ. of Washington<br />
* [[GNomEx]] via Huntsman Cancer Institute
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* [[SeqWare]] via its dev team<br />
* [[Krishagni Solutions Pvt. Ltd.|caTissue Plus]] via Krishagni Solutions<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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Need to know more about [[laboratory informatics|laboratory]] and [[Informatics|other types of informatics]]? Here is some suggested reading:
* [[Informatics (academic field)|Informatics]]
* [[Chromatography data management system]]
* [[Electronic laboratory notebook]]
* [[Laboratory execution system]]
* [[Laboratory information management system]]
* [[Laboratory information system]]
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*[[:Category:Open-source software|All open-source software options, by category]]
* [[:Category:Regulatory information|All current regulatory articles]]
*[[:Category:Laboratory information management systems (open source)|Open-source LIMS software]]
* [[21 CFR Part 11]]
*[[:Category:Laboratory information systems (open source)|Open-source LIS software]]
* [[Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act|HIPAA]]
*[[:Category:Electronic laboratory notebooks (open source)|Open-source ELN software]]
* [[ISO/IEC 17025]]
*[[:Category:Scientific data management systems (open source)|Open-source SDMS software]]
*[[:Category:Enterprise management software (open source)|Open-source enterprise management software]]
*[[:Category:Reporting software (open source)|Open-source reporting software]]
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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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1. webLIMS via [[LabLynx, Inc.]]<br />
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2. [[Bika LIMS]] via [[Bika Lab Systems (Pty) 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:
3. Scilligence ELN via [[Scilligence Corporation]]<br />
4. LabArchives via [[LabArchives, LLC]]<br />
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.]]<br />
10. NevisLIMS via [[Instrumentos Científicos SA]]
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11. NoteBookMaker via [[NoteBookMaker, LLC]]<br />
12. Sysment Notebook via [[Sysment Kft.]]<br />
13. BioRails DM via [[The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd.]]<br />
14. LABTrack via [[LABTrack, LLC]]<br />
15. SparkLix via [[SparkLix Bio IT Corp.]]<br />
16. Datacloud via [[SPLhost, Inc.]]<br />
17. hivebench via [[Shazino SAS|shazino SAS]]<br />
18. O3 Lims via [[Bytewize AB]]<br />
19. O3 LimsXpress via [[Bytewize AB]]<br />
20. SQUISH via [[Information Management Services, Inc.]]
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* [[:Category:Open-source software|All open-source software options, by category]]
* [[:Category:Electronic laboratory notebooks (open source)|Open-source ELN software]]
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'''We have a couple of brief updates''' to give you regarding the wiki. First, we've expanded the help section of the wiki by updating a few existing help pages and adding a few new ones. Additionally, we've added a new collection of [[Help:MediaWiki basics|MediaWiki training guides]] to 1. help users new to MediaWiki more rapidly make meaningful edits and 2. to further encourage new users to make wiki contributions. We hope you find the training guides and exercises useful. Second, we've [[Special:Version|upgraded to MediaWiki 1.21.2]], added new extensions, and will be moving the content to what will hopefully be a more rapid server. All these upgrades should translate to a more functional and inviting [[informatics]] wiki. Happy wiki-ing!
 
[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] ([[User talk:Shawndouglas|talk]]) 13:42, 1 November 2013 (EDT)
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[[Image:Tycho Brahes stora murkvadrant, Nordisk Familjebok.jpg|thumb|left]]'''After a brief hiatus this summer''', we're back in business here on the wiki. As always, maintenance and updates to existing material remain vital. In this rapidly changing world of information technology, advances in products as well as closures by vendors happen frequently. With such a small group of regulars dedicated to maintaining this wiki, there's bound to be information that is out-of-date or inaccurate. We continue our call out for a few good editors to lend a hand with research and updates to our content, whether it be [[:Category:Vendors|vendor updates]] or contributions to technical articles. For example, there are many [[Informatics|branches of informatics]], but little is written about them still.
 
Please consider [[Special:RequestAccount|requesting a LIMSwiki account]] if you feel you can contribute [[LIMSWiki:Verifiability|neutral, well-researched content]] to the wiki. And 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. And many thanks to our contributors!
 
[[User:Shawndouglas|Shawn Douglas]] 15:17, 4 September 2013 (EDT)
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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 open-source software likely to be used in a laboratory setting. This includes many of the known vendors of such software.


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Outside the wiki's 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.


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A LIMSwiki guide or white paper is a topical, cited work researched, written, and edited to meet a certain standard of rigor. The topics of these guides and white papers have been chosen over the years to address both contemporary and long-time themes in laboratory and scientific informatics, as well as technologically adjacent themes like cloud computing and cybersecurity. (Note that in the LII: namespace where these are found, once can also find other "launch" pages for material such as recorded webinars, EdX courses, and other industry works.)
 
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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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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.)
 
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A LIMSwiki book is a special rendered collection of articles across various namespaces in LIMSwiki. It may come in the form of a curated list of encyclopedic articles on a given topic, a special collection of journal articles in the Journal: namespace, or it may be a collection of all the pages of a given white paper or guide in the LII: namespace (which can then be exported to other sites, like LIMSforum).
 
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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)


November 20, 2023:

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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)