Addressing Standardization and Semantics in an Electronic Lab Notebook for Multidisciplinary Use: LabIMotion

20 November 2024, Version 1
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Abstract

This work presents the LabIMotion extension for the Chemotion Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), expanding its capabilities from organic chemistry to support interdisciplinary research and enabling the description of workflows. LabIMotion enhances documentation by introducing customizable components structured across three levels—Elements, Segments, and Datasets—enabling flexible, hierarchical organization and reuse of data. Through the integration of links to ontologies, the extension ensures precise, machine-readable data, promoting interoperability and adherence to FAIR principles. The extension features a user-friendly interface that allows users to generate new ELN content by the application of generic methods, ensuring that the platform can be quickly adapted to meet specific research needs. The LabIMotion Hub plays a crucial role in distributing and updating components, fostering standardization, and enabling collaborative development within scientific communities. These advancements significantly improve the ELN's adaptability, usability, and relevance across various research disciplines.

Keywords

Electronic Lab Notebooks
sharing data
digitalization
FAIR data
documentation

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