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The latest iteration of LIMSpec is: LIMSpec 2022 R2
History
LIMSpec was originated by the Laboratory Informatics Institute in 2007, intended to ultimately serve as a complete tool for managing the laboratory's evaluation process for laboratory information management system (LIMS) and laboratory information system (LIS) selection. Initially, it was focused on cataloging requirements and vendor questions, and released under a Creative Commons license allowing for the categorization and assignment of requirement to specific industries. In later versions, users could create their own private collection of requirements and questions, and export that collection in a variety of formats.
LIMSpec has taken on many different iterations over the years. When originally released in 2007, it was a collection of Microsoft Word documents and eBooks (available on a mailed CD), containing numbered user requirements that could be coded as mandatory, optional, or possible future requirement by the lab, and coded as meeting the requirement, meeting the requirement with customization, or not meeting the requirement by the vendor. Sections were color-coded to delineate who was responsible for completing what.[1] By 2011, development of LIMSpec and its requirements was opened up to the laboratory informatics community on LinkedIn.[2] Further efforts to open up LIMSpec development occurred in the mid-2010s, for example on GitHub[3] and a MediaWiki installation[4], giving laboratorians and other stakeholders a more direct online path to engaging with LIMSpec development and use.
By 2019, a significant shift in approach to LIMSpec was enacted, driven in part by the 2018 release of ASTM E1578-18 Standard Guide for Laboratory Informatics. That standard included a Laboratory Informatics Functional Requirements checklist for laboratory informatics solutions, making a great foundation for LIMSpec's transformation into a user requirements specification (URS) strictly based off of standards, regulations, guidelines, and other documents affecting how laboratories are run. September 2019 saw the release of LIMSpec 2019 R1, based on 70 different regulations, standards, and guidelines, made available on LIMSwiki and in a downloadable book format on LIMSforum.[5] With the latest iteration—LIMSpec 2022 R2—adding more than 30 new sources of standards and compliance, LIMSpec continues to grow as a URS based on real-world needs of laboratories.
References
- ↑ Jones, J.H. (26 June 2007). "Develop your LIMS Requirements with the LIMSpec Library". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160426133105/http://www.limsfinder.com/BlogDetail.aspx?id=32175_0_29_0_C. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "LiMSpec.com - LIMS requirements development and discussion group". LinkedIn Corporation. Archived from the original on 03 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110203022008/http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2764592. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "LIMSforge/LiMSpec". GitHub. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150428174318/https://github.com/LIMSforge/LiMSpec. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "Welcome to the Limspec Wiki, a repository of specifications and more for informatics software". LIMSpec Wiki. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 02 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150802015348/http://wiki.limspec.com/index.php/Main_Page. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ Douglas, S.E. (20 September 2019). "LIMSpec 2019 R1". LIMSwiki. https://www.limswiki.org/index.php?title=Book:LIMSpec_2022_R2&oldid=36380. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
