Summary from Vendor: ELOG is part of a family of applications known as weblogs. Their general purpose is to make it easy for people to put information online in a chronological fashion, in the form of short, time-stamped text messages ("entries") with optional HTML markup for presentation, and optional file attachments (images, archives, etc.) and to make it easy for other people to access this information through a Web interface, browse entries, search, download files, and optionally add, update, delete or comment on entries.
Compare ELOG to other options in the Electronic Lab Notebook Matrix.
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Features & Specifications
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Interactivity
Interface functionalitySearch functions can search across file formats and beyond typos
- Able to search for documents within the platform
- Able to search beyond file formats
- Low ability to search beyond typographical errors
- Transparency of file structure
Ability to manipulate files and images
- Can manipulate text documents and spreadsheets, can manipulate some elements of images, cannot manipulate other datasets
Support for multiple open windows
- Yes
Ability to link out
- Yes
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Support for Researcher Documentation
Documentation and metadata creationHyperlink Support
- Yes
Metadata Creation Prompts
- Yes
Rights Management (Licensing)
- Not applicable (the tool is open source)
Protocol Integration
- Yes
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Adaptability to Lab Workflows
Platform compatibilityAccounts/Permissions Levels
- Yes
Internal Data Sharing
- Yes
Adaptable to a Variety of Workflows
- No information provided
Compatibility with authoring tools
- No
Windows Compatible
- Yes
Macintosh Compatible
- Yes
Linux Compatible
- Yes
Android Compatible
- Yes
iOS Compatible
- Yes
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Storage
Available data storage optionsCloud Storage
- Yes
Local Storage
- Yes
Hybrid (cloud/local) Storage
- No
Versioning
- None
File Redundancy
- No information provided
Creates stable URLs or persistent identifiers for entries
- Yes
Can unregistered users access the data found at persistent links?
- No
Storage Capacity - Users
- Depends on the user's local storage
Storage Capacity - Max File Size
- Can be configured in the ELOG server. Typically, 10-20 MB
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Hosting
Software accessCloud
- No
Local
- Yes
Hybrid (combination of cloud and local)
- No
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Support
Training and maintenance offeredTraining
- None
Documentation
- FAQs, support forum, instructions, "quick-start" instructions
Data Migration from Other Systems (incoming migration)
- Yes
Compatability with data repositories
- Yes. Data can be exported in CSV, XML, and plain text
Exit Strategies (outgoing migration)
- A whole logbook can be exported in various formats.
Recovery Options
- Recovery options rely on the underlying file system.
Single Sign-on (Institutional ID)
- Somewhat
Number of Installations per institution
- No limit; several parallel servers can be used at once.
Multiple client use
- Yes
Number of registered Harvard/HMS users
- No information provided
Other higher-education users
- No information provided
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Security
Compliance with Harvard security- No information provided on Harvard Security Levels
Backdoor accessibility
- Yes
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Other
Additional featuresOpen Science/Open Data Efforts
- ELOG itself is open source
Academically Oriented
- Yes
Cost (per seat)
- None
Dictation/voice input
- No
Data Entry
- Supports the importation of CSV files.
- Attachments can be uploaded directly from your computer.
- Data can be exported in CSV, XML, and plain text formats.
Platform Integrations
- Not applicable
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Tiers of Service
Features and costs associatedNot applicable