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===SiLA 2===

SiLA 2 considers every entity in the modern laboratory as a service. Focus on behaviour and service oriented design structures leads to the Feature Definition Language (FDL). SiLA is built to connect systems in a laboratory, such as [[Laboratory information management system]]s, [[electronic lab notebook]]s, [[chromatography software]] and laboratory devices such as balances, pipettors and various other analytical instruments.

SiLA's basic structure consists of a client – server communication model. The SiLA Server (≙[[web server]]) exposes all it's capabilities to the SiLA Client (≙[[web client]]). Capabilities of the SiLA Server are grouped together as SiLA Features. The concept of Features serves as a common communication base for subject matter experts (SME), IT experts and end users. Each Feature is descibeddescribed by its Feature Definition, an [[XML]]-file containing information about parameters, interactions, data types, return values, etc. SiLA 2 is based on a microservice architecture. Relying on [[HTTP/2]], SiLA uses [[Protocol Buffers]] to serialize payload data. Furthermore, SiLA 2 uses the wire format provided by [[gRPC]].

===SiLA 1.x - Device Interface Standard===