From 171d5303a1d6f42689232c506074534b80276563 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drift Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:22:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Relocate README from trac --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0994633 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Nolims – A lightweight flat-file based LIMS-like system +Nolims is a lightweight system for keeping track of samples in high-throughput molecular biology experiments. More speicifically it is made with the intention of keeping track of samples in microarray and DNA/RNA sequencing experiments at the NTNU Genomics Core Facility. + +Compared to regular LIMS systems, nolims' aims are different: + +- Lightweight. Text files are used where possible, and file formats are simple enough to be easily used from any programming language. +- Projects are self-contained. Bioinformatic projecs are often shared between people at multiple universities and sites. +- Flexible. In a core facility, projects differ quite a bit compared to more focused single-purpose labs or labs belonging to a single project or research gruop. The system needs to be flexible enough to cope with these differences (including e.g. time series cell line experiments with multiple experimental factors, full-DNA resequencing, metagenomics, ChIP-seq, …) +- Git-compatible. Not a feature of nolims itself, but it should not put any obstacles in the way for managing, exchanging and patching projects through git changesets.