Electronic lab books
Electronic lab notebooks and interactive research data platforms enable the documentation of research, structured storage of research data and publication.
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Electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) and interactive research data platforms are software applications that enable research data to be recorded and managed electronically. Ideally, the entire research process is supported, from the planning and execution to the evaluation of experiments. Electronic lab notebooks are intended to replace traditional lab notebooks and help to make data easier to find and access and to share the results with others. As the majority of data in research today is collected in digital form, the use of ELNs avoids unnecessary changes of infrastructure to handle data.
eLabFTW - Electronic lab book
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Graphic: DeltablotThe open source lab notebook eLabFTWExternal link is an easy-to-use and generic solution for documenting your research. The software offers extensive documentation options, authorisation management for teamwork, laboratory management functions and generous storage space for primary data. Details can be found in the service descriptionExternal link.
eLabFTW offers extensive automation options via the web interfaceExternal link, e.g. for uploading measurement data, as well as the option of automated data pipelines via the Nyarlathotep toolExternal link.
NOMAD Oasis - research data platform and electronic lab notebook
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Graphic: nomad-lab.euWith NOMAD OasisExternal link we provide a data platform and electronic laboratory book for materials science, solid state physics, theoretical chemistry and related fields, which is developed by the NFDI FAIRmatExternal link. NOMAD consistently implements the FAIR principlesExternal link and emphasises structured and extensively annotated data.
NOMAD explicitly provides for the storage and automatic processing of all primary data, including large amounts. The NOMAD Oasis instance of HS-ITZ allows customisation to your own workflows, processes and data format as well as the publication of data records in the central instance nomad-lab.euExternal link.
Chemotion ELN- Electronic Laboratory Notebook
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Graphic: Karslruher Institut für TechnologieChemotion ELNExternal link is an open-source ELN that is geared towards the needs of chemical research and related disciplines. It is being further developed within NFDI4ChemExternal link and includes a variety of discipline-specific functions (e.g. Ketcher as a structure editor, ChemSpectra and NMRiumExternal link for analysing spectra, chemistry-specific documentation templates). With the help of LabIMotionExternal link, users can also create their own templates. The local NFDI4Chem team of Prof. Christoph Steinbeck's research group provides its own Chemotion ELN instance for all affiliates of the University of Jena.