EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1 A FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
1.1 WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT?
1.2 PAPER LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS AND ELN
1.3 THE USE OF ELN IN A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
CHAPTER 2 ELECTRONIC LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS
2.1 ELN AWARENESS, PERCEPTION, AND USE
2.2 INTEREST IN ELECTRONIC LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS
2.3 DEFINITION OF AN ELN
2.4 BASIC COMPONENTS OF AN ELN
2.5 TYPES OF ELN PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
2.6 THE DO-IT-YOURSELF OPTION
2.7 HISTORY OF THE ELN MARKET
CHAPTER 3 THE BENEFITS OF AN ELN
3.1 EXAMPLE CASE
3.2 USER EXPERIENCES
3.3 GENERAL ELN BENEFITS
3.4 DOWNSIDES TO AN ELN IMPLEMENTATION
CHAPTER 4 LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS
4.1 ELECTRONIC OR HYBRID?
4.2 PATENTS
4.3 RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
4.4 PROVING AUTHENTICITY OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS
4.5 RECORD PRESERVATION
4.6 GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS
4.7 REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS
CHAPTER 5 ELN TECHNOLOGY
5.1 COMMON ELN ARCHITECTURES
5.2 WEB SERVICES AND SERVICES ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES
5.3 DATA TYPES AND METADATA
5.4 DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS
5.5 DATA ORGANIZATION
5.6 INTEROPERABILITY AND INTEGRATION
5.7 FUTURE TRENDS IN ELN TECHNOLOGY
CHAPTER 6 AUTHENTICATION AND SIGNATURES
6.1 AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY TECHNOLOGY
6.2 MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION CODES
6.3 PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY
6.4 SIGNATURES AND AUTHENTICATION FOR EVERYONE (“SAFE”)
6.5 AUTHENTICATING TIME
CHAPTER 7 GOVERNANCE
7.1 ESTABLISHING A VISION AND A STRATEGY
7.2 COMPONENTS OF DATA MANAGEMENT GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER 8 SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION
8.1 ELN ADOPTION
8.2 OVERCOMING RESISTANCE - CHANGE MANAGEMENT
8.3 COMMUNICATION
8.4 A GOOD ELN IS NEVER FINISHED
8.5 TEAM BUILDING
8.6 DEFINING REQUIREMENTS
8.7 SUPPLIER SELECTION PROCESS
8.8 DESIGN SPECIFICATION
8.9 THE PILOT
8.10 TAKEAWAYS
CHAPTER 9 ELN REQUIREMENTS
9.1 STAKEHOLDERS AND USERS
9.2 PRIMARY INTERFACE / SCIENTIST DESKTOP / PORTAL
9.3 PAGE AUTHORING
9.4 TEMPLATES AND FORMS
9.5 DIGITAL SIGNATURES AND AUTHENTICATION
9.6 DATA MANAGEMENT
9.7 GLOBAL / MULTI-SITE IMPLEMENTATIONS
9.8 SEARCHING AND REPORTING
9.9 COLLABORATION
9.10 MESSAGING
9.11 SECURITY
9.12 IT REQUIREMENTS
9.13 INFORMATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
9.14 DOMAIN-SPECIFIC FUNCTIONALITY
CHAPTER 10 MARKET DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS
10.1 IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND FILL THE PIPELINE
10.2 TIME TO MARKET: PRESSURE FROM GENERICS
10.3 GOVERNMENT AND INSURANCE PRESSURE
10.4 FDA CRITICAL PATH INITIATIVE
10.5 OTHER DRIVERS
10.6 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
10.7 FOOD AND BEVERAGE
10.8 ALL MARKETS
10.9 DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
10.10 ELN USERS
10.11 MARKET RESTRAINTS
CHAPTER 11 SIZE OF THE ELN MARKET
11.1 THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MARKET
11.2 ELN R&D MARKET SIZE BY UNITS
11.3 ELN MARKET SIZE BY VOLUME
CHAPTER 12 CURRENT ELN MARKET
12.1 SUPPLIER MARKET POSITIONS
12.2 PURCHASE PREFERENCE
CHAPTER 13 ELN PRODUCTS
13.1 AMPHORA RESEARCH SYSTEMS PATENTSAFE
13.2 AXIOPE CATALYZER ELN
13.3 CAMBRIDGESOFT E-NOTEBOOK
13.4 COGNIUM SYSTEMS IPAD
13.5 CONTUR TECHNOLOGY CONTURELN
13.6 EICHBERGER SERVICES E-NNOVATE
13.7 ELSEVIER MDL MDL NOTEBOOK
13.8 IADVANTAGE ESTUDY
13.9 IDBS E-WORKBOOK, BIOBOOK, CHEMBOOK
13.10 INFOTRIEVE INFOTRIEVE ELN
13.11 KINEMATIK ENOVATOR
13.12 KLEE GROUP KALABIE
13.13 LABORATORY DATA SOLUTIONS LABNOTES
13.14 LABTRACK / EKM LABTRACK
13.15 LABTRONICS NEXXIS QELN
13.16 METTLER TOLEDO VIRTUALLAB
13.17 NOTEBOOKMAKER
13.18 RESCENTRIS CERF
13.19 SYMYX SOFTWARE
13.20 TRIPOS BENCHWARE NOTEBOOK
13.21 WATERS VISION PUBLISHER
13.22 VELQUEST CORPORATION SMARTLAB
13.23 OTHER ELN SUPPLIERS
13.24 ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
CHAPTER 14 THE FUTURE OF ELN
CHAPTER 15 THE SEMANTIC WEB
15.1 INTRODUCTION
15.2 DATA PROCESSING
15.3 SEMANTICS AND THE SEMANTIC WEB
15.4 THE SEMANTIC WEB AND ELN
15.5 CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX A PRESS RELEASES
APPENDIX B WEB SITES OF INTEREST
APPENDIX C GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS
LIST OF CHARTS, FIGURES AND TABLES
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