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with the data store and laboratory notebook. This allows members to invoke
services for performing computational analysis of the data present in the data
store as well as data available from third-party resources. The computational
workfl ow and the results generated through this system are linked to open
laboratory notebooks. In order to provide a comprehensive resource, the
OSDD community has integrated more than 300 modules from various sources
into Galaxy. There are standard APIs available for integrating any application
that the user would like to incorporate in the workfl ow. This system also lists
the tools contributed from the community as well as the usage of each module.
There is a provision to create and execute nested workfl ows and all the data
generated through this computational analysis get automatically linked to an
open laboratory notebook entry and are stored in the RDF data store, which
may be used for further analyses.
20.3.9
Lab Information Management System
LIMS is an application to manage project resources, allocate resources, and
store laboratory experiment results. This system includes a database of its own
to hold its data. The LIMS interface displays all the resources available. It helps
users place an order on resources available for any projects. Only the members
of the project are allowed to place the order. Once the order is placed, the
workfl ow for resource approval process kicks in. The order is sent to the review
committee group, fi nancial committee group, and project director for approval.
During the process, committee members, with whom the order is pending, can
approve or reject it and provide comments. The comments are visible to the
OSDD community. The LIMS interface allows users to contribute external
resources for OSDD which are exported into the portal as XML. For higher
value projects, the approval is obtained offl ine from a high-power science
committee and eventually by the chief mentor.
20.3.10
Learning Management System (LMS/eLearning System)
Learning management is a space for managing, training, and education-related
activities for the OSDD community members. It mainly concentrates on pro-
viding online learning, online assessment, and training materials which are
managed and stored in a CMS. This system's interface helps OSDD members
to author courses and tests, and upload documents, take-up courses, tests, and
so on, and has been customized from Moodle, an open-source community-
based e - learning management tool ( http://moodle.org/ ).
20.4
SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR RESEARCH
The OSDD community works together on a virtual distributed laboratory
seamlessly interacting and sharing their ideas and results over the Internet
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