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Bika laboratory management tools open sourced - Tectonic
Fulfilling a previous commitment, Western Cape-based Bika Lab Systems have released the source code for its laboratory information management system(LIMS) under the GNU GPL.
The Bika v1.0 systems is already used in production
in a range of organisations including at a Western Cape wine bottling co-operative.
Bika is built in the Zope and Plone object oriented application server and web content management systems, programmed in Python. The Bika LIMS is browser-based and can be used by both laboratories as well as clients to monitor production processes.
In its standard implementation, Bika stores data in the Zope Object Store (ZODB), but can easily be modified to suit most open source or commercial DBMSs such as mySQL, Postgresql, MS SQL, Ingres, Oracle and Informix.
Online security is maintained through the use of SSL, 128 bit encryption and digital certificates.
The Bika Sourceforge home for the project includes links for downloading the latest releases and documentation, issue trackers for bugs and solutions, technical issues, patches and feature requests. Forums and mailing lists are available for developers and users to discuss Bika topics and a news page provides information about new developments.
Bika Lab Systems' Joris Goudriaan says that in sponsoring the project the company is committed to keeping the source code for Bika free and open. Goudriaan says the company will also provide the necessary management and organisational skills for the project.
Commercially, however, the company offers professional LIMS services to customers including requirement analysis, customisations, implementation, project management, training, systems administration, customer and technical support and the provision of an on-line LIMS service (ASP).
Goudriaan says that through the Sourceforge-based site the company hopes users and developers will be able to share issues for resolution "not only by Bika Lab Systems itself, but also by a wider support network".
With the participation of open source enthusiasts in the scientific, academic and business open source community, Bika plans to grow the application into a modular cross-industry LIMS and laboratory enterprise solution, featuring accounts and CRM packages.
Specifications and design for microbiology modules have been completed and modules are planned for the health, engineering and geology sectors. Laboratories are invited to submit requirement documentation.
The Sourceforge home of Bika can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/bika/. Downloads of Bika can be found at http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bika/Bika-1.0.0.tgz?download.
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Bika is built in the Zope and Plone object oriented application server and web content management systems, programmed in Python. The Bika LIMS is browser-based and can be used by both laboratories as well as clients to monitor production processes.
In its standard implementation, Bika stores data in the Zope Object Store (ZODB), but can easily be modified to suit most open source or commercial DBMSs such as mySQL, Postgresql, MS SQL, Ingres, Oracle and Informix.
Online security is maintained through the use of SSL, 128 bit encryption and digital certificates.
The Bika Sourceforge home for the project includes links for downloading the latest releases and documentation, issue trackers for bugs and solutions, technical issues, patches and feature requests. Forums and mailing lists are available for developers and users to discuss Bika topics and a news page provides information about new developments.
Bika Lab Systems' Joris Goudriaan says that in sponsoring the project the company is committed to keeping the source code for Bika free and open. Goudriaan says the company will also provide the necessary management and organisational skills for the project.
Commercially, however, the company offers professional LIMS services to customers including requirement analysis, customisations, implementation, project management, training, systems administration, customer and technical support and the provision of an on-line LIMS service (ASP).
Goudriaan says that through the Sourceforge-based site the company hopes users and developers will be able to share issues for resolution "not only by Bika Lab Systems itself, but also by a wider support network".
With the participation of open source enthusiasts in the scientific, academic and business open source community, Bika plans to grow the application into a modular cross-industry LIMS and laboratory enterprise solution, featuring accounts and CRM packages.
Specifications and design for microbiology modules have been completed and modules are planned for the health, engineering and geology sectors. Laboratories are invited to submit requirement documentation.
The Sourceforge home of Bika can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/bika/. Downloads of Bika can be found at http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bika/Bika-1.0.0.tgz?download.
To Read the Original Article on the Tectonic Website, please click here
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