FAIR in Action: Integrating Open Source RDM-Tools Effectively

Session

Coscine and eLabFTW: Connecting Data and Documentation Through Metadata

Oct 2, 2025, 1:30 PM

Alte Mensa (Göttingen)

17. Coscine and eLabFTW: Connecting Data and Documentation Through Metadata

Nicole Parks (RWTH Aachen University)

10/2/25, 1:30 PM

Talk

Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) play a pivotal role in digitizing laboratory workflows, presenting an opportunity to structure research documentation into reusable metadata. They often facilitate connections between documentation and corresponding research data. However, many ELNs face limitations — such as restricted server space — that complicate the integration of associated files directly...