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=Lab Notebooks=
==Lab Notebooks==
 
<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold">Note: this page is not intended as a general discussion of lab notebooks but implementation status on features coming from the Lab Notebooks working group.</span>


== Initial Discussion: Friday October 5, 2007 ==
== Initial Discussion: Friday October 5, 2007 ==
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**** Currently finishing mods Jason and I agreed to on 1/8/2008
**** Currently finishing mods Jason and I agreed to on 1/8/2008


==[[OpenWetWare:Software/Projects/Lab Notebooks/Overview|Lab Notebook Overview]]==
==1/23/08 Meeting==
*Autocreate new lab notebook (Notebook:Username) before user enters the page
**--[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done


Oerview
*Autocreate new projects (Notebook:Username/Projects) before user is redirected to the page  
 
 
We're also putting up a new lab notebook on OWW this week. One advantage  of using this is that I'm actively working on it and looking for input. Jason, Barry, and Austin have been providing input. Jason and I have based it on work that Austin did for a version he uses. Both Barry and Austin currently use that one.
 
Individual entries are made for multiple projects within daily entry pages. The main page of the Lab Notebook is the jumping off-point for all activity. All daily pages are always accessible. Since this uses MediaWiki, all edits and revisions of the pages are always online. It has a "big brother" characteristic of never letting anyone make an entry that isn't properly time-date and project-stamped. In other words, you'll always know when the entry was made, who the user was, and what project the entry is associated with.
 
I'll have a structured walk-through of the entire lab notebook available Friday.
 
This is how it works:
 
1. You'll see a new 'My Lab Notebook" link at the left-hand top of OWW pages on Friday.
*'''[[User:Jason R. Kelly|Jason R. Kelly]]''' I think we should roll this out with a beta-test group (still on the main site) but not have this link pop up on everyones toolbar just yet.
 
2. Click on it to go to the front page of the notebook.
 
3. You can create multiple projects on the notebook's main page.


4. The calendar will allow you to see all of the dates for the month.


5. Click on a date to either create a new date entry or go to an existing one.
*New format for page names - Lab Notebook:Username/YYYY/MM/DD
**--[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done


6. A simple template is used to identify the content in the entry page for each project.
*New Namespace for all lab notebooks
**--[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done


7. Saving the page will update each project with the entries just created.
*Allow users to modify base project format new projects
**--[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done


8. On the main Lab Notebook page, the projects will all display all activity by date for that notebook.
*Allow users to modify base entry format new entries
**--[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done


9 We will be adding a search button that will only search the contents of the lab notebook rather than all OWW pages.
*Initialization of documents so you don't need to save twice
**--[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 15:24, 29 January 2008 (CST)Done


10. We also are adding a single-button export to allow users to save a copy of the notebook outside of OWW if they move on.
*Correcting navigation so multiple notebooks in the same namespace can exist
**--[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done


11. This will work with the WSIWG editor.
*Special page with form for adding a new entry
**after the above items are finished.


12. Users can customize the format the projects use as the creation template. For instance, for your class, you may want a specific way to view the content or to automatically link the entries to a category tag for your class.
*Lab notebook icons all are now enabled as clickable navigation links back to the top of the Notebook namespace.  


13. The same will hold for the daily entries. A format will allow the pages to be templated with specific information. Every new daily entry will always start out with the same content before the user edits it.
*Lab notebook has been changed to a new namespace. Former: "Lab notebook". New: "Notebook".


14. There's no need for a private wiki for it. The Lab Notebook will be rooted in the User:[UserName] page range that the User's personal pages already use.
*Fix formatting of the display of each entry.  


15. We can also customize the Toolbox the user has access to when working with the Lab Notebok. If you have specific documents, such as assignments, to post for the class, the custom toolbox will be present when they are using pages tagged as part of the Lab Notebook.
*Modify calendar to have <<last and next>> navigation (I have a working prototype)


16. We can set up the toolbar in a way that allows you to modify the contents of it but keep the students from changing it.
*'''[[User:Bill Flanagan|wjf]] 09:36, 4 February 2008 (CST)''':Added Lab Notebook Template Documentation page
[[OpenWetWare:Software/Projects/Lab Notebooks/Template Definitions|Lab Notebook Template Definitions]]

Latest revision as of 08:37, 4 February 2008

Lab Notebooks

Initial Discussion: Friday October 5, 2007

  • Will post details on my deliverables later this week.

Set up meeting to discuss next steps re: feature development

Initial Discussion: Wednesday January 9, 2008

Current Status

  • Worked with Jason on a new model
    • Based upon Austin's model
      • Uses DPL
      • Plan to move to Semantic MW
      • Austin's model used a project form with a date header
      • Jason's model permits entry by date
        • Splits dates into project views
        • Projects are based on main page
        • Projects creaetd using a template and "create box"
        • All Entry pages (by date) can be accessed from the Project view
        • Currently uses an intermediate file to rewrite entries as they are created
        • DPL allows these pages to be viewed in a clean format
        • Currently finishing mods Jason and I agreed to on 1/8/2008

Lab Notebook Overview

1/23/08 Meeting

  • Autocreate new lab notebook (Notebook:Username) before user enters the page
    • --wjf 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done
  • Autocreate new projects (Notebook:Username/Projects) before user is redirected to the page


  • New format for page names - Lab Notebook:Username/YYYY/MM/DD
    • --wjf 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done
  • New Namespace for all lab notebooks
    • --wjf 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done
  • Allow users to modify base project format new projects
    • --wjf 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done
  • Allow users to modify base entry format new entries
    • --wjf 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done
  • Initialization of documents so you don't need to save twice
    • --wjf 15:24, 29 January 2008 (CST)Done
  • Correcting navigation so multiple notebooks in the same namespace can exist
    • --wjf 23:19, 28 January 2008 (CST)Done
  • Special page with form for adding a new entry
    • after the above items are finished.
  • Lab notebook icons all are now enabled as clickable navigation links back to the top of the Notebook namespace.
  • Lab notebook has been changed to a new namespace. Former: "Lab notebook". New: "Notebook".
  • Fix formatting of the display of each entry.
  • Modify calendar to have <<last and next>> navigation (I have a working prototype)
  • wjf 09:36, 4 February 2008 (CST):Added Lab Notebook Template Documentation page

Lab Notebook Template Definitions

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