Track and Manage Instruments

Manage lab equipment as inventory objects linked to experiments, samples, and calibration records

Core Capabilities

Instruments in Inventory

Keep your research devices and equipment catalog in a unified inventory, with the same capabilities

Booking & Scheduling (soon)

Manage access to your shared equipment and track usage

PIDINST Integration

Built-in fields describing instruments are aligned to the PIDINST schema for persistent identifier registration

Version & Calibration History

Track configuration and calibration states over time with full revision history and read-only views of any past state

ELN Integration

Reference instruments in experiments, with bidirectional links between instrument records and documents

Registry Lookup & Import (soon)

Search DataCite, B2INST, or RRID and import instrument metadata directly into a new RSpace record

Instrument Management Feature Set

Booking, hierarchical organisation, connecting outputs and documentation to instruments

API-First Architecture

RESTful APIs for custom integrations and workflows

B2INST Registry Lookup (soon)

Look up instrument instances in the B2INST registry to create a local copy pre-populated with appropriate metadata

Bidirectional Linking

Two-way semantic links between instruments, documents, and samples

Booking & Scheduling (soon)

Time-slot reservation with requests and approvals for shared lab equipment

Calibration Tracking

Link calibration or maintenance documents or materials directly from an instrument

Custom Fields

Extend instruments with lab-specific metadata beyond the PIDINST standard

DataCite Registry Lookup (soon)

Search DataCite for PIDINST-registered instrument instances and import their metadata directly into an RSpace instrument

Global ID Resolution

Every instrument and instrument template has a resolvable RSpace global ID for direct permalink access

Instrument Records

Dedicated inventory objects for research equipment, stored and managed alongside samples and materials

Instrument Templates

Reusable field configurations for instrument types, with support for PIDINST-aligned and custom field sets

List of Materials Integration

Reference instruments in ELN documents via the List of Materials, alongside samples and containers

Organise your lab or core facility

Store your instruments hierarchically in containers representing your buildings, rooms, and more

PIDINST

Enforceable, built-in PIDINST schema fields on instrument records, ready for persistent identifier registration

RRID Model Metadata Import (soon)

Look up equipment in the RRID database to pre-populate model-level details (manufacturer, catalog number)

Version & Revision History

Full version history for both instruments and instrument templates, with read-only access to any past state

Connect Your Research Ecosystem

Comprehensive integration with institutional infrastructure and research tools

Soon!

Amazon S3 & S3-Compatible

Soon!

Argos

Soon!

Ascenscia

Soon!

Box

Soon!

Calira (formerly Clustermarket)

Soon!

ChemDraw

Soon!

Collabora Online

Soon!

DataCite

Soon!

Data Stewardship Wizard (DSW)

Soon!

Dataverse

Soon!

Digital Commons Data

Soon!

DMP Assistant

Soon!

DMPonline

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DMPTool

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Dropbox

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Dryad

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Egnyte

Soon!

Fieldmark

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Figshare

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Galaxy

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GitHub

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Google Drive

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IGSN ID

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Institutional File Stores

Soon!

IRODS

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JoVE

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Jupyter Notebook

Soon!

Lab File Stores

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Mendeley Data

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Microsoft Teams

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Nextcloud

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Office 365

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OMERO

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OneDrive

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Ontologies

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ORCID

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OwnCloud

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PIDINST

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Protocols.io

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PubChem

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Publish

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PyRAT

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RAiD

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RO-Crate

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ROR

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RRID

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RSpace API

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RSpace Chemistry

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RSpace Inventory

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RStudio

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Slack

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SnapGene

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Various data formats

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YouTube

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Zenodo

Complete Your Research Ecosystem

RSpace offers integrated solutions to streamline all of your organization's research workflows end-to-end