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ELN Handbook

Electronic Laboratory Notebooks: A Foundation for Scientific Knowledge Management

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1 SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

1.1 WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT?

1.2 PAPER LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS AND ELN

1.3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

CHAPTER 2 ELECTRONIC LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS

2.1 DEFINITION OF AN ELN

2.2 ELN EVOLUTION

2.3 ELN ARCHITECTURES

2.4 COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS

2.5 DO-IT-YOURSELF OPTION

2.6 ELN SURVEY RESULTS

2.7 HISTORY OF THE ELN MARKET

CHAPTER 3 APPLICATION OF ELN TO SPECIFIC USE CASES

3.1 SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY

3.2 PHARMACOLOGY

3.3 BIOANALYTICAL

CHAPTER 4 THE BENEFITS OF AN ELN

4.1 EXAMPLE CASE

4.2 USER EXPERIENCES

4.3 GENERAL ELN BENEFITS

4.4 DOWNSIDES TO AN ELN IMPLEMENTATION

CHAPTER 5 LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS

5.1 ELECTRONIC OR HYBRID?

5.2 PATENTS

5.3 RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

5.4 PROVING AUTHENTICITY

5.5 RECORD PRESERVATION

5.6 GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION

5.7 REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER 6 ELN TECHNOLOGY

6.1 COMMON ELN ARCHITECTURES

6.2 WEB SERVICES AND SOA

6.3 DATA TYPES AND METADATA

6.4 DATA STORAGE AND ACCE SS

6.5 DATA ORGANIZATION

6.6 INTEROPERABILITY AND INTEGRATION

6.7 FUTURE TRENDS IN ELN TECHNOLOGY

CHAPTER 7 SECURITY, INTEGRITY, SIGNATURES, TIME STAMPS

7.1 SYSTEM SECUTIY

7.2 RECORD AUTHENTICATION AND DIGITAL SIGNATURES

CHAPTER 8 DEFINING AN ELN STRATEGY AND REQUIREMENTS

8.1 STRATEGIC IMPLICATION OF ELN

8.2 ESTABLISHING A VISION

8.3 STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THROUGH PRODUCT SELECTION

8.4 BUILDING A BUSINESS CASE – CALCULATING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT

CHAPTER 9 ELN REQUIREMENTS

9.1 GENERAL CAPABILITIES

9.2 DOMAIN-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONALITY

CHAPTER 10 IMPLEMENTATION

10.1  ELN ADOPTION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT

10.2  A CYCLICAL METHODOLOGY FOR IMPLEMENTATION

10.3  COMMUNICATION

10.4  IMPLEMENTATION TIME

CHAPTER 11 THE CURRENT MARKET FOR ELN

11.1 MARKET DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS

11.2 SIZE OF THE ELN MARKET

11.3 ELN R&D MARKET SIZE

11.4 2007/08 IN REVIEW

11.5 INFLUENCES ON PURCHASE DECISIONS

11.6 AREAS OF CURRENT AND POTENTIAL ELN USE

CHAPTER 12 ELN PRODUCTS

12.1 AGILENT KALABIE ELN

12.2 AMPHORA RESEARCH PATENTSAFE

12.3 AXIOPE E-CAT

12.4 CAMBRIDGESOFT E-NOTEBOOK

12.5 COGNIUM SYSTEMS IPAD

12.6 CONTUR TECHNOLOGY CONTURELN

12.7 EDGE CONSULTANCY BIORAILS

12.8 EICHBERGER SERVICES E-NNOVATE

12.9 IADVANTAGE ESTUDY

12.10 IDBS E-WORKBOOK, BIOBOOK, CHEMBOOK

12.11 KINEMATIK ENOVATOR

12.12 LABORATORY DATA SOLUTIONS LABNOTES

12.13 LABTRACK LABTRACK ELN

12.14 LABTRONICS NEXXIS ELN

12.15 MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT

12.16 NOTEBOOKMAKER

12.17 RESCENTRIS CERF

12.18 STARLIMS STARLIMS ELN

12.19 SYMYX SYMYX NOTEBOOK

12.20 VELQUEST SMARTLAB

12.21 WATERS VISION PUBLISHER

CHAPTER 13 THE FUTURE OF ELN

CHAPTER 14 THE SEMANTIC WEB

14.1 DATA PROCESSING

14.2 SEMANTICS AND THE SEMANTIC WEB

14.3 THE SEMANTIC WEB AND ELN

14.4 CONCLUSIONS

 

APPENDIX A PRESS RELEASES

 



 

 

 

 
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