Welcome to Baobab LIMS's documentation! ======================================= `Baobab LIMS`_ is an open-source laboratory information management system (LIMS) software that will ensure that researchers can track the lifecycle of a biospecimen in the laboratory from receipt to storage and reuse. This software ensures that sufficient metadata is captured.. An open source LIMS for human Biobanks. Baobab is a common name given to nine tree species in different countries in the world, mostly in Africa. Baobab LIMS written in Plone, a python framework known for its robustness, and inherits some modules from Bika LIMS. The code is open source, and `available on GitHub`_. .. _Baobab LIMS: http://baobablims.org/ .. _available on GitHub: https://github.com/BaobabLims/baobab.lims The main documentation for the site is organized into a couple sections: * :ref:`user-docs` * :ref:`feature-docs` * :ref:`about-docs` Information about development is also available: * :ref:`dev-docs` * :ref:`design-docs` ---- This website covers project information for BaobabLIMS such as the changelog, contribution guidelines, development roadmap, news/blog, and so forth. Detailed usage and API documentation can be found at our code documentation site, `docs.fabfile.org `_. Please see the navigation sidebar to the left to begin. .. toctree:: :hidden: installing setup User Manual