Laboratory Information Management Systems for Life Science Applications

This paper discusses different aspects of laboratory information management systems in life science applications. Although different LIM systems are available on the market, the state of the art LIMS do not fulfill all requirements regarding flexibity and process connectivity. A fully web oriented LIM system is described in the article. The approach shown in the paper presents a system's model based on modern web oriented software technologies. It includes planning tools, a virtualized lab, and on-line process adaptation as well as an interface for computational data processing and data mining.