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 | | name                   = Open Laboratory Framework
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 | | title                  = Open Laboratory Framework
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 | | developer              = Markus List and Jochen Thomas
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 | | released               = {{Start date|2011|02|08}} (0.5.1)<ref name="OLFStart">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlaboratory/files/ |title=Open Laboratory Framework - Files |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref>
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 | | genre                  = [[Laboratory informatics]] software
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 | | license                = GNU Public License v3.0<ref name="OLFOhloh">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/olf |title=Open Laboratory Framework: Project Summary |publisher=Ohloh |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref>
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 | | website                = [https://github.com/NanoCAN/OpenLabFramework github.com/NanoCAN/OpenLabFramework]
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 | '''Open Laboratory Framework''' is a web-based [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) front-end that provides an extensible framework for better laboratory functionality.
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 | ==Product history==
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 | The Open Laboratory Framework project appears to have been started in early 2010<ref name="OLFHome">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlaboratory/ |title=Open Laboratory Framework |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref> by Jochen Thomas and Markus List, likely as part of a project through German software developer OSTHUS.<ref name="MListLinked">{{cite web |url=http://dk.linkedin.com/pub/markus-list/27/809/3ba |title=Markus List - Bioinformatics in Cancer Research |publisher=LinkedIn |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="JThomasOhloh">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/jochen-thomas |title=J. Thomas - Ohloh |publisher=Ohloh |accessdate=02 October 2012}}</ref> The last SourceForge-based file release was with version 0.7 on December 7, 2011<ref name="OLFStart" />. On January 7, 2014, the project moved from SourceForge to GitHub<ref name="OLFStart" />, with several updates to the software arriving in 2014 and 2015.<ref name="OLFGit">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/NanoCAN/OpenLabFramework/releases |title=NanoCAN/OpenLabFramework - Releases |publisher=GitHub |accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref>
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 | ==Features==
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 | Features of Open Laboratory Framework include<ref name="OLFHome" />:
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 | * web-based front-end
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 | * extensible framework
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 | * experiment management
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 | * inventory management
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 | * barcode and printing support
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 | * document management
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 | * data analysis
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 | ==Hardware/software requirements==
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 | Installation requirements include:
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 | * Grails 2.2.x
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 | * a supported browser, including Chrome (31.0.1650.63) or Firefox (26.0)
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 | ==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
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 | Screenshots can be found on the SourceForge page.
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 | ==Entities using Open Laboratory Framework==
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 | ==Further reading==
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 | ==External links==
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 | * [https://github.com/NanoCAN/OpenLabFramework Open Laboratory Framework on GitHub]
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 | * [http://www.ohloh.net/p/olf Open Laboratory Framework on Ohloh]
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 | ==References==
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 | [[Category:Bioinformatics software (open source)]]
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 | [[Category:Laboratory informatics software (open source)]]
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 | [[Category:Laboratory information management systems (open source)]]
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