Introduction

The Ark is an open-source web-based tool that allows researchers to manage health and medical research data for humans and animals without specialized database skills or programming expertise. The system provides data management for core research information including demographic, phenotype, biospecimen and pedigree data, in addition to supporting typical investigator requirements such as tracking participant consent and correspondence, whilst also being able to generate custom data exports and reports. The Ark is 'study generic' by design and highly configurable via its web interface, allowing researchers to tailor the system to the specific data management requirements of their study.Source code for The Ark can be obtained freely from the website https://github.com/The-Ark-Informatics/ark/ . The source code can be modified and redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v3 license. Documentation and a pre-configured virtual appliance can be found at the website http://sphinx.org.au/the-ark/ .adrianb@unimelb.edu.au.Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

Publications

  1. The Ark: a customizable web-based data management tool for health and medical research.
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    Bickerstaffe A, Ranaweera T, Endersby T, Ellis C, Maddumarachchi S, Gooden GE, White P, Moses EK, Hewitt AW, Hopper JL, 2017-02-01 - Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

Credits

  1. Adrian Bickerstaffe
    Developer

    Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia

  2. Thilina Ranaweera
    Developer

    Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia

  3. Travis Endersby
    Developer

    Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia

  4. Christopher Ellis
    Developer

    Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia

  5. Sanjaya Maddumarachchi
    Developer

    Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia

  6. George E Gooden
    Developer

    Genetics and Epidemiology, Lions Eye Institute, Australia

  7. Paul White
    Developer

    Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia

  8. Eric K Moses
    Developer

    Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Australia

  9. Alex W Hewitt
    Developer

    Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia

  10. John L Hopper
    Investigator

    Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia

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Summary
AccessionBT006750
Tool TypeApplication
Category
PlatformsLinux/Unix
Technologies
User InterfaceTerminal Command Line
Download Count0
Country/RegionAustralia
Submitted ByJohn L Hopper