LIIS
| Developer(s) | Matt Forster |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 28, 2013 (0.10.1)[1] |
| Stable release |
0.10.4 (September 6, 2014) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Laboratory informatics software |
| License(s) | MIT License |
| Website | forstermatth.github.io/LIIS |
LIIS is an open-source laboratory informatics application "for laboratories looking to store their sample or culture metadata on a central server."[2]
Product history
Students Matt Forster, David Sinclaire, Andrew Sanders, and Graham Fluet of Lethbridge College, in cooperation with Lethbridge Research Center, began a student project in 2013 to begin work on a simple tool for managing sample metadata:
A need exists for a simple tool to curate laboratory culture collections and handle ever increasing sample metadata annotations. As existing LIMS systems are complicated and cost prohibitive, the decision was made to create a lightweight, open source solution available to laboratories involved in culture collections or sample curation.[2]
Eventually a code repository was started on GitHub in August 2013.[3] A beta release was offered August 23, followed by the first stable release five days later.[1]
Forster continues to maintain the codebase as of May 2014.
Features
Features of LIIS include[1][2]:
- import and export CSV spreadsheets
- store general metadata designed to complement the environmental packages provided by the Genomic Standards Consortium
- annotate and review records from multiple computer
- private, searchable metadata library
- web-based
- user-based permissions
- audit trail
- standard field-based query
Hardware/software requirements
Unincluded dependencies are:
- Apache 2.2+ (or equivalent)
- PHP 5.3+
- MySQL 5.5
Consult the installation notes for more information.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
Entities using LIIS
Further reading
- Forster, Matthew S.; Paterson, Lyn; Forster, Robert J. (2014). "LIIS: A web-based system for culture collections and sample annotation". Journal of Open Research Software 2 (1): e2. doi:10.5334/jors.aj. http://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/article/view/jors.aj/27.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "LIIS > releases". GitHub. https://github.com/forstermatth/LIIS/releases. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Forster, Matthew S.; Paterson, Lyn; Forster, Robert J. (2014). "LIIS: A web-based system for culture collections and sample annotation". Journal of Open Research Software 2 (1): e2. doi:10.5334/jors.aj. http://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/article/view/jors.aj/27. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "LIIS > Initial commit". GitHub. https://github.com/forstermatth/LIIS/commit/b435883749d89e910c531253fb4fd5484fa0cb9d. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
