Scientific data management system

From LIMSWiki
Revision as of 15:05, 5 May 2011 by Shawndouglas (talk | contribs) (Corrected text of third point.)
Jump to navigationJump to search

A scientific data management system (SDMS) is a piece or package of software that captures, catalogs, and archives data generated by laboratory instruments (HPLC, mass spectrometry) and applications (LIMS, analytical applications, electronic laboratory notebooks) in a compliant manner, serving platform-independent data to informatics applications and/or other consumers.

As with many other laboratory informatics tools, the lines between a LIMS, ELN, and an SDMS are at times blurred. However, there are some essential qualities that an SDMS owns that distinguishes it from other informatics systems:

1. While a LIMS has traditionally been built to handle structured, mostly homogeneous data, a SDMS (and systems like it) is built to handle unstructured, mostly heterogeneous data.[1]

2. A SDMS typically acts as a seamless "wrapper" for other data systems like LIMS and ELN in the laboratory.

3. A SDMS is designed primarily for data consolidation, knowledge management, and knowledge asset realization. [2]

Modern features of a SDMS

References