title: Djeen (Database for Joomla!'s Extensible Engine): a research information management system for flexible multi-technology project administration.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  With 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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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 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.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Univ, Marseille, F-13284, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Duvergey
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guille
authors.forename: Fanny
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blondin
authors.forename: Alexandre Del
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Vecchio
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Finetti
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Granjeaud
authors.forename: Oana
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vigy
authors.forename: Ghislain
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bidaut
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D020407:Internet; D018511:Systems Integration