Djeen (Database for Joomla!’s Extensible Engine): a research information management system for flexible multi-technology project administration

Olivier Stahl,Samuel Granjeaud,Pascal Finetti,Alexandre Del Vecchio,Oana Vigy,Ghislain Bidaut,Hugo Duvergey,Fanny Blondin,Arnaud Guille

doi:10.1186/1756-0500-6-223

Abstract

BackgroundWith the advance of post-genomic technologies, the need for tools to manage large scale data in biology becomes more pressing. This involves annotating and storing data securely, as well as granting permissions flexibly with several technologies (all array types, flow cytometry, proteomics) for collaborative work and data sharing. This task is not easily achieved with most systems available today.FindingsWe developed Djeen (Database for Joomla!’s Extensible Engine), a new Research Information Management System (RIMS) for collaborative projects. Djeen is a user-friendly application, designed to streamline data storage and annotation collaboratively. Its database model, kept simple, is compliant with most technologies and allows storing and managing of heterogeneous data with the same system. Advanced permissions are managed through different roles. Templates allow Minimum Information (MI) compliance.ConclusionDjeen allows managing project associated with heterogeneous data types while enforcing annotation integrity and minimum information. Projects are managed within a hierarchy and user permissions are finely-grained for each project, user and group.Djeen Component source code (version 1.5.1) and installation documentation are available under CeCILL license from http://sourceforge.net/projects/djeen/files and supplementary material.

Highlights

With the advance of post-genomic technologies, the need for tools to manage large scale data in biology becomes more pressing
Database for Joomla!’s Extensible Engine (Djeen) allows managing project associated with heterogeneous data types while enforcing annotation integrity and minimum information
Projects are managed within a hierarchy and user permissions are finelygrained for each project, user and group

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Djeen is a new Research Information Management System designed to answer laboratories’s growing needs for flexibility in data management. It allows the sharing, secure storing and annotation of heterogeneous data types, streamlines repetitive annotations tasks and features import functions. Templates (optionally used) allow automation and MI Information These features were demonstrated in this report with the demonstration of a real use case for microarray data. Djeen features a user-friendly installation procedure and web interface. Apache2/Perl 5.x//PHP 5.3+/MySQL or PostgreSQL License: CeCILL Any restrictions to use by non-academics: Please contact directly the authors for additional information. Authors’ contributions OS designed the database scheme, software architecture and implemented the web interface and database

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