Sila Consortium

The SiLA Consortium is non-profit. It gathers life science experts and mobilizes the industry while developing free & open system communication and data standards to connect scientists with the data that matters. SiLA and its members provide a framework for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic laboratory information. These standards define how information is transported from one system to another. Setting the language, structure and data types required for seamless integration, SiLA supports the management, delivery, and evaluation of laboratory services. SiLA is recognized as the most commonly used in the world. Through the partnership with ASTM-AnIML, SiLA has proven that integration can be realized beyond data/file transmission to an automation control software. Furthermore it extends all the way to the LIMS- and the ELN-level. AnIML is embedded into SiLA and serves as the vehicle to transport method and result data throughout an integrated lab. SiLA treats of everything as a service. This enables flexible interaction, connection processes and great agility. Lab systems benefit from the elegant core concepts SiLA developed in the short term – and in the long term too. Changing the lab setup is easy with SiLA. No big integration process, no data formatting problems, no communication complications. SiLA enables the vision of a future lab today. The standard offers: • Increased efficiency and sustainability • Vendor independence • Uniform data formats • Combine your systems • True plug & play • Quick success • High flexibility • No license fees