Open-LIMS
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| Developer(s) | Roman Konertz, others |
|---|---|
| Initial release | December 23, 2010 (Alpha 0.3.9.5)[1] |
| Stable release |
0.4.0.0 (January 20, 2014) [±] |
| Preview release | none [±] |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Laboratory informatics software |
| License(s) | GNU General Public License v3 |
| Website | www.open-lims.org |
Open-LIMS is a free extensible open-source project management suite designed to be organism- and structure-independent. Its design is based upon a workflow that encompasses pre-experimental and experimental processes. Post-experimental procedures such as data analysis can be added through software extensions. [2]
Product history
Open-LIMS appears to be the brainchild of Roman Konertz, a graduate student with the "Dictyostelium discoideum Functional Analysis" project at the University of Cologne.[3][4] A SourceForge project was started for Open-LIMS on November 24, 2010, followed by the first public release of the software about a month later.[1] The release was classified as an unstable alpha "for evaluation and testing purpose only."[5]
As of the end of September 2012, no stable production-ready version of the software has been released, with unstable test releases being released through 2011 and early 2012, the latest being Version 0.3.9.9-6 on July 20, 2012.[6]
Features
The features of Open-LIMS are not yet clear as the project is still in the alpha stage. However, Konertz claims the features of Open-LIMS are closely tied to the needs of biological laboratories working in functional genomics, especially those in microarray and microscopy projects.[4]
Hardware/software requirements
Preliminary requirements for the alpha release can be found here.
Videos, screenshots, and other media
Early screenshots of Open-LIMS can be found at the Open-LIMS website.
Demo information can be found here.
Entities using Open-LIMS
As the project is still in alpha, there are no known users.
Further reading
- "Open-LIMS FAQ". Roman Konertz. http://www.open-lims.org/faq.html.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Konertz, Roman (23 December 2011). "Upcoming changes and improvements in 2012". Roman Konertz. http://www.open-lims.org/development-blog-reader/items/upcoming-changes-and-improvements-in-2012.html. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ "Open-LIMS - Concept". Roman Konertz. http://www.open-lims.org/concept.html. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ Eichinger, Ludwig. "Dictyostelium discoideum Team". Institute for Biochemistry, University of Cologne. http://www.uni-koeln.de/med-fak/biochemie/transcriptomics/. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Application Range". Roman Konertz. http://www.open-lims.org/application-range.html. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ Konertz, Roman (23 December 2010). "Preview-Version is ready for download now". Roman Konertz. http://www.open-lims.org/news---reader/items/preview-is-ready-for-download-now.html. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ Konertz, Roman (18 July 2012). "Version 0.3.9.9-6 published". Roman Konertz. http://www.open-lims.org/news---reader/items/version-0399-4-published-36.html. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
