RexDB

RexDB is an integrated registry data management platform created by Prometheus Research, LLC, aiming to facilitate data management for a wide range of research in autism and associated disorder. The platform is composed of three core component: RexPlatform, RexAcquire and RexMart, each having a different functionality.

RexPlatform (also addressed as RexApplication) is a toolkit that enables installation of necessary components needed for manipulating a RexDB instance. It supplies an infrastructure for data management system that is both centralized and customizable.

RexAcquire is a comprehensive Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system including an Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) mechanism. It separates data acquisition from the transactional system. It captures data from three electronic data capture systems: RexEntry, RexSurvey and RexMobile.

RexMart allows users to manipulate data sets from central database so that users are able to understand their research data. It separates ad hoc querying from the transactional system.

History

In 2005, RexDB was first released for Small Research Groups at Yale University. In 2007, RexDB was used for Simons Simplex Collection. In 2011, in order to benefit the scientific community, Prometheus Research decided to open source the RexDB platform, marking the beginning of the open source initiative. The initiative also accompanied a complete new redesign of all elements of the platform. In 2012, RexDB was released open source under AGLv3 as "RexDB 3.0." In 2013, RexDB was adapted to support disease and procedure specific registries.

Website

http://www.rexdb.org/

Source Code

https://bitbucket.org/rexdb/

Tech Docs

https://www.rexdb.org/documentation.html

Developer

Prometheus Research, LLC

Country of Origin

US

Start Year

2006

Acquired By

Prometheus Research, LLC

Project Type

Open Source

Written in

Python

Supported languages

PL/SQL

Derived From

PostgreSQL

Compatible With

SQLite

Operating Systems

Linux

Licenses

AGPL v3