Frequently Asked Questions¶
What is The Labbing Project?¶
A collection of reusable Django apps and a single dedicated parent Django project (i.e. pylabber) used to manage and share research data and derivatives across researchers and across labs.
Hint
For more information about the difference between Django apps and projects, see Django’s Projects and Applications documentation.
Is The Labbing Project only suitable for MRI-based neuroscientific research?¶
Not at all! The purpose of the research
app is to provide common,
generic models (such as Subject
and
Study
) that may be associted with any number of
data models originating from any number of reusable apps.
How are different data types integrated into the application’s database?¶
The modular design of the project enables researchers from different fields
to create specialized apps that manage the relevant data formats and
facilitate commonplace workflows. E.g. the first app created for this purpose
was django_dicom, which manages DICOM data, and the second was
django_mri, providing a format-agnostic
Scan
abstraction, as well as other useful
models and MRI-based research utilities. Each reusable app integrates with
pylabber’s internal research
app to associate the data with an
instance of the Subject
model. For
more information, see pylabber’s overview.