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                    Welcome to GAML.org
                     
                     
                    
                        This site is dedicated to public
                        education and publication of information on GAML, an XML-based
                        format designed specifically for storing and archiving data from
                        a wide range of analytical instrumentation. The development of
                        GAML was catalyzed by a concern for protecting intellectual
                        property within science-based organizations and building data
                        management systems and processes that are compliant with Good
                        Laboratory Practices (GLPs),
                        
                            Good Electronic Record Management
                         (GERM),
                        
                            FDA 21 CFR Part 11
                         and other important guidelines and
                        regulations. 
                         
                        While the GAML data format was originally developed with the goal
                        of preserving the content of data sets generated from laboratory
                        instrumental analyses, its design is flexible enough to
                        accommodate many different types of data. In addition, being
                        based on XML gives GAML a significant advantage in terms of
                        extensibility to be able to address new types of instrumental
                        analyses not even available today, while at the same time
                        preserving 100% back compatibility. This is a significant
                        advancement over 'static' representations when one considers
                        that, depending on an organization's business and regulatory
                        compliance goals, electronic record management practices may
                        require storage of data for many years, or even decades. 
                         
                        Please feel free to use the information on GAML.org to learn more
                        about this exciting technology. Use of the GAML schema is
                        license-free provided it is used in its entirety and not modified
                        in any way. All information posted at this site is in the public
                        domain except where specifically indicated. Where links to other
                        web sites are used, the publishers of those sites are responsible
                        for the publication rights and ownership of their own
                        information. GAML.org is not responsible for the content or usage
                        rights of any information on other web sites.
                    
                 
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