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==Mission==

SiLA is the global initiative to standardize software interfaces in the field of life science research instrumentation. Instigated by the pharmaceutical industry′sindustry's need for flexible laboratory automation, the initiative is supported by major device and software suppliers world wide.

==Background==

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| 2008 / September || Board meeting at Roche Basel. Roche presents in-house standardization approach RAC (Roche Automation Concept) and offers to share its experiences with SiLA.

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| 2008 / October || Poster at MipTec “Pilot"Pilot implementation of Common Command Set”Set"

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| 2008 / October || First SiLA Luncheon at MipTec conference. Representatives of major suppliers, pharma/biotech and system integrators confirmed that the time is right for SiLA Rapid Integration and that they welcome the initiative.

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===Device Interface Standard===

[[File:SiLA.Integration level.full.png|thumb|Three supported integratonintegration levels]]

The SiLA device interface standard covers all ISO/OSI levels of the device control interface from physical to application layer.

The interface standard is based on web service/SOAP communication with the devices. Commands are generally executed in asynchronous manner with an immediate response and a delayed event after completion of the command processing or after an error. Error recovery procedures are also supported and the general behavior of the devices is managed by a state machine. The state machine enables also complex behaviors like parallel processing of commands and command queuing.