SiLA

Description: Interoperability standard for communication in the lab. Three-part standard of core and extendable features. Uses gRPC, HTTP2 auto discovery. Open source code available in four languages, developed by the community. Core working group with extensions into robotics, labware, edge server, security and cloud connector—user-driven with involvement of vendors and integrators.

Standard Type: Software

Sub-type: Instrument Interface

Governing Body: SiLA Consortium

Adoption	Maturity	Complexity	Need/Market Size	User Popularity	Coverage	Vendor Support	Activity
4	4	2	4	3	4	3	5

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If you work with this standard regularly, please submit your rating of this standard in terms of each of these categories.

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Adoption:

1 – Lab only, 5 – Global

Maturity:

1 – Immature, 5 – Mature

Complexity:

1 – Low, 5 – High

Need/Market Size:

What is the total market size that would benefit from this standard?
1 – no SLAS members, 3 – some SLAS members, 5 – all SLAS members

Coverage:

How much of the target domain does the standard cover?
1 – None, 3 – Some, 5 – Full

User Popularity:

How many organizations are aware of and using this standard?
1 – None, 3 – Some, 5 – Full

Vendor Support:

How many vendors support/use this standard? Are vendors an active member of this standard's community?
1 – Not supported by lab automation mfgs, 3 – adopted by major lab automation mfgs, 5 – adopted by all lab automation mfgs

Activity:

Is this standard actively worked on and maintained? Are there guidelines for how to contribute?
1 – standard is not actively developed, 3 – standard is occasionally reviewed, 5 – standard is in active development

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