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Figure 1.6 Conceptual view for the sequence service project.

process chemistry, operations, and manufacturing), there is a growing demand
for enhanced exploitation of the data held within an ELN and the future
linking of that data with relevant data held within an organization or further
afi eld. The requirements for knowledge management have grown considerably
in the last few years, and this increases the need to query the ELN to extract
the high-value information and to build assertions with other data from within
an organization or outside (Fig. 1.7 ).
As the number of ELN installations grows, this requirement becomes more
challenging, particularly given the diversity of such ELN implementations
(developed commercially, in-house, blended, or as open-source systems). In
many companies already a mixture of ELNs have been deployed, either
through conscious choice or as a result of mergers and acquisitions. Another
key factor is the trend for more business process outsourcing, resulting in the
need to be able to work with a CRO partner and share aspects of an ELN
knowledge base. So the problem the industry faces is twofold: (1) the need for