ENTRY3604

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fabian.plass

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2023-07-21 10:48:36.289495

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fabian.plass

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2023-07-26 12:14:14.316736

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Conclusions, Supplementary Materials, Competing Interests, Author Contributions, Funding, and Acknowledgments

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Conclusions, Supplementary Materials, Competing Interests, Author Contributions, Funding, and Acknowledgments


5. Conclusions

 

We demonstrate an ELN-LIMS solution that addresses the challenges and needs of multiple disciplines within a technical and natural science faculty on the openBIS system. In fact, the versatility and modifiability of the system formed the basis for a system for multiple working groups of the CRC 1411 Design of Particulate Products that meets the documentation needs of groups focusing on synthesis, characterization, and simulation, and, in particular, supports collaboration between different disciplines within the CRC. The structure was developed and adapted via several steps and provides both a common set of Object types and the ability to include more specific ones for individual working groups without disrupting common workflows. As a result, we discovered that the balance between providing users with flexibility and customization in an ELN-LIMS system and maintaining a commonly used and understandable interface, particularly concerning the number of object types, is delicate and requires careful consideration. Indeed, both inadequate and overwhelming design and functionality lead to a reduction in potential use by researchers and therefore require accurate design and communication between users and the administrators of the ELN-LIMS, especially in an highly interdisciplinary project like the presented CRC. Ultimately, this ELN-LIMS could serve as a template solution for other similarly structured collaborative research centers or research groups.

 

Supplementary Materials: The aim of this research article is not only to show what openBIS can do in the interdisciplinary research environment, but also how metadata and data are ultimately presented. Therefore, as an example project, the development of the research article "Using openBIS as virtual research environment: An ELN-LIMS open-source database tool as a framework within the CRC 1411 “Design of Particulate Products" was connected via openBIS to the necessary/received metadata and data and a clear structure was developed. The data received through openBIS as exported .zip files contain four different data types of each existing/used object type and folder, organized in a clear folder-subfolder structure. Typical standard data types used here include .doc, .txt, .json, and .html. Attached data (as Datasets) to its corresponding object type is additionally linked as subfolder. 

 

Competing Interests: The authors have no competing interests to declare.

 

Author Contributions: FP and SE prepared the initial draft of the manuscript and all authors reviewed and revised the manuscript prior to submission, as well as contributed to the conceptualizing of the paper. All authors contributed to the research and investigation process. FP and SE revised the manuscript to address recommendations offered by the anonymous Data Science Journal reviewers and all authors reviewed the revised manuscript.

 

Funding: This research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) as information infrastructure (INF) project within the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1411Design of Particulate Products” (project ID:  416229255).