Twist2 KMS (Knowledge Management System) - Benefits and Features:

KMS System is to centralize knowledge generated by scientists working within and across functional areas, and to organize that knowledge such that it can be easily accessed, searched, browsed, navigated, and curated. The Twist2 - KMS is easy to extend, customize and integrate with other systems, such as Twist2 - LIMS framework.

The Twist2 KMS comprises an Oracle Database (8i, 9i, or 10g), and API interface on either client side or middle ware side, and a client application written with Java Swing.

Benefits:

• Easily extensible to support new types of data
• Comprehensive object model to each type of data
• Promote controlled sharing of a company's knowledge related to biological and chemical entities
• Make knowledge persistent and durable in light of organizational and personnel changes
• Support the tracking of intellectual property, especially for organizations engaged in multiple collaborations
• Promote better management and decision-making by providing information across projects in a consistent way in order to measure progress

Key Features:

• Browser that organizes all data available to a user in a tree structure, allowing the user to navigate through data without specifying search criteria
• Search interfaces for all the Assays and Items inside the Knowledge Database
• Knowledge Item Pages include Summary information, Annotations, Assays, References, Patents, Related Items, and Various Attributes
• Assay Pages include Status, Goal, Results, Comments, Conclusions, Relationships to Knowledges Items, Attachments etc.
• Project Pages include Summary Information, Annotations & Attachments, and Knowledge Items
• Curation Interfaces include External Links, Annotations, References, Comments, Intellectual Property Analysis, and Attributes
• Administration Interfaces for Controlled Vocabulary, Templates, Users, and Privileges
• Attachments of Files related with all the Knowledge
• Links to external resources, HTML pages can be rendered with the Twist2 KMS by Twist2 Java - COM bridge
• Security model for assigning privileges to users. The Access level supported are: None, Read, Write, Edit and other various Roles
• Cross-platform Client Application

Platform and System Requirements:

• An Oracle 8i, 9i or 10g instance
• Java J2SE JRE 1.4.2 or above
• 128 MB RAM on the Client
• Hibernate Environment
• Any Application Server compliant with J2EE 1.3 specification (Such as JBoss, BEA Web Logic, IBM WebSphere, Oracle AS) (Optional)

Twist2 KMS Products Brochures:

BioSql Schema tutorial

BioJava API tutorial

Twist2 KMS Detail Features (will be available upon request)

Twist2 KMS Products Screenshots: