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Life Sciences Distribution Browser (LSDB)
 
  • Current Version Number: 1.0.0
  • Release Date of Current Version: 10/2008
  • Currently caGrid Enabled? Yes
  • caBIG™ Compatiblity Level: Not yet determined
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Product Description
The LSD Browser is a free-form search tool intended to provide a simple single search interface allowing users of the caBIG® Life Sciences Distribution tools to query across local, remote, and NCICB instances of these tools. LSDB also provides users a single point of access to their local installations of life sciences research tools. The current version of the LSDB can search across instances of NCIA and caArray. Future releases will provide search access across the other LSD applications.
  • Intended Audiences: Researchers interested in data discovery across the Life Sciences Distribution (LSD)
  • Primary Workspace: ICR

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User's Guide (PDF)

Installation Guide (PDF)

Release Notes (TXT)

Tool Download Files
NCI hosted LSD Browser application is available online at: http://lsdbrowser.nci.nih.gov

For groups interested in installing LSD Browser locally, the installer is available from the NCICB Download Center: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/download/index.jsp

Technical Information

Tool Maturity Assessment: Stable Release (Adoption in Progress)

Installation Level: Basic - Wizard or web browser application; minimal technical assistance required

System Requirements: 

While LSD Browser is a web-based application, it does have a dependent software stack, which includes: Java Software Development Kit (JDK) version 1.5.0_10; JBoss Container version 4.0.4; MySQL 5.0.27 and Jakarta Ant version 1.7. LSD Browser supports Firefox v2.0 OR Internet Explorer v7

Developer Institution(s)

NCICB

 
User Support Resources
LSD Browser Users Listserv

NCICB Applications Support: ncicb@pop.nci.nih.gov

ICR Workspace Coordinator: Elaine Freund efreund@3rdmill.com