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-Welcome to Agate's documentation!
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+OBiBa Agate Documentation
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+Targeted at individual studies and study consortia, `OBiBa <http://obiba.org/>`_ software stack (Opal, Mica2 etc.) provides a software solution for epidemiological data management, analysis and publication. While `Opal <http://www.obiba.org/pages/products/opal/>`_, the core data warehouse application, provides all the necessary tools to import, transform and describe data, `Mica <http://www.obiba.org/pages/products/mica/>`_ provides everything needed to build personalized web data portals and publish content of research activities of both studies and consortia. Based on the content defined in Mica, `Drupal <https://www.drupal.org/>`_ is the preferred platform to build your personalized web portal.
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+Agate is the `OBiBa <http://obiba.org/>`_'s central authentication server which intends to be easy to install and to use. Agate centralizes also some user related services such as profile management, and a notification system using emails.
 
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