ELN-RO – Enabling Interoperability between ELNs and RO-Crates

Project Cohort 2024

Interoperability between Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) and the packaging format for metadata and data called Research Object Crates (RO-Crates) is crucial for enhancing data management, sharing, and reproducibility in research.

Our project bridges ELNs and RO-Crates for seamless metadata and data recording and exchange. We will resolve current interoperability issues, create a standardized metadata mapping framework, and develop tools for continuous data flow. Using existing metadata mapping procedures between Chemotion and Herbie (HMC-Project: ELN-DIY-Meta), semi-automatic metadata extraction from elabFTW (LISTER), and structured ontology-supported metadata within RO-Crate ARC (DataPLANT), we will focus on experimental workflows in the chemical and life sciences. ELN-RO will provide a scalable, adaptable solution usable beyond our scope and serve as input for larger consortia (like the ELN consortium) to foster a more interconnected, data-rich research ecosystem.

ELN-RO is a joint project between the Helmholtz Centres FZJ and KIT funded within the HMC Project Cohort 2024.

Primary Contact Angela Kranz

a.kranz@fz-juelich.de

Project Partners FZJ, KIT

Project Duration 24 months

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ELN-DIY-Meta: ELN-Driven InteroperabilitY for Metadata

In this project, a method for metadata and data transfer between the open-source ELNs Chemotion and Herbie will be developed. The project will aim for a generalization of the specific process via the description of a general guideline and the implementation of available standards. The concept will be demonstrated for the use case of polymer membrane research.

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