Welcome to the SODAR Core documentation!¶
This documentation provides instructions for SODAR Core usage, integration and development. SODAR Core is framework for project access control and project application management, also including multiple optional applications for aiding project work. SODAR Core is built on the Django web framework.
SODAR (System for Omics Data Access and Retrieval) is a specialized system for managing data in omics research projects, which was the origin of the components in this package.
The SODAR Core package contains the core functionality for the SODAR system along with reusable and non-domain-specific web apps. The package and its apps can be used in any Django-based web site which wants to make use of one or more of the following features:
Project-based user access control
Dynamic app content management
Advanced project activity logging
Small file uploading and browsing
Managing server-side background jobs
Caching and aggregation of data from external services
Tracking site information and statistics
Basics of Django site setup and instructions for third party packages used are considered out of scope for this documentation. Basic knowledge of the Django framework is assumed. For this, please refer to the official Django documentation and/or docs of related third party packages.
NOTE: To view this document in the rendered form during development, run
make html in the docs directory of the repository. You can find the
rendered HTML in docs/build. You will have to install system and Python
dependencies, including ones in requirements/local.txt for this to work. See
SODAR Core Development.