Biomedical Engineering Reference
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EVOLUTION OF ELECTRONIC
LABORATORY NOTEBOOKS
KEITH T. TAYLOR
19.1
Introduction 303
19.2
Early ELNs 305
19.3
Centerpiece of Scientist ' s Desktop 306
19.4
A Corporate Resource 308
19.5
Collaboration 309
19.6
Pistoia Alliance 310
19.7
Quality by Design 311
19.8
Academic Projects 311
19.9
Open - Notebook Science 311
19.10
Smart Tea 312
19.11
The Other ELN 313
19.12
Structured and Unstructured Data 313
19.13
Electronic Laboratory Environment 314
19.14
Dark Laboratory 316
19.15
Future of ELN 316
19.16
Accelrys ' Experiences 317
References 319
19.1
INTRODUCTION
Paper-based laboratory notebooks have a long history (see Fig. 19.1). Leonardo
da Vinci recorded his observations in 13,000 loose-leaf pages [1]. Subsequently
they were collected into notebooks and survive in public collections; the
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