Coming of age of Allotrope: Proceedings from the Fall 2020 Allotrope Connect

Todd Millecam; Austin J Jarrett; Naomi Young; Dana E Vanderwall; Dennis Della Corte

doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2021.03.028

Coming of age of Allotrope: Proceedings from the Fall 2020 Allotrope Connect

Drug Discov Today. 2021 Aug;26(8):1922-1928. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2021.03.028. Epub 2021 Apr 5.

Authors

Todd Millecam¹, Austin J Jarrett¹, Naomi Young¹, Dana E Vanderwall², Dennis Della Corte³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
² Research & Early Development IT, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA; Allotrope Foundation, Washington, DC, MD, USA.
³ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA. Electronic address: Dennis.DellaCorte@byu.edu.

PMID: 33831582
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2021.03.028

Abstract

The Allotrope Foundation (AF) is a group of pharmaceutical, device vendor, and software companies that develops and releases technologies [the Allotrope Data Format (ADF), the Allotrope Foundation Ontology (AFO), and the Allotrope Data Models (ADM)] to simplify the exchange of electronic data. We present here the first comprehensive history of the AF, its structure, a list of members and partners, and an introduction to the technologies. Finally, we provide current insights into the adoption and development of the technologies by summarizing the Fall 2020 Allotrope Connect virtual conference. This overview provides an easy access to the AF and highlights opportunities for collaboration.

Keywords: Allotrope; Digital Lab; Harmonization; Laboratory IT; Metadata; Precompetitive consortium; Semantics; Standard.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Laboratory Information Systems*
Cooperative Behavior
Humans
Software*