Workflow and Lab Notebook Management

Function definition: Tools that support the capture and management of research data as well as the details of the research activities which generated them.

Lifecycle stage: Create or Receive (Acquire)

Tools for this function

Tool	Purpose
Artivity	A tool for capturing contextual data produced during the creative process of artists and designers while working on a computer.
CRunch	cRunch provides an infrastructure for exploratory data analysis with the statistical programming language and environment R
Kepler	Kepler is a scientific workflow modelling and management system that enables users, regardless of programming experience, to set up data analysis pipelines.
LabTrove	LabTrove is a blogging platform specifically designed for use in a research environment.
MyExperiment	myExperiment is an online social networking service aimed at scientific researchers; the site fosters collaboration by allowing members to share scientific workflows, experiment plans, and other digital objects.
Taverna	Taverna is a scientific workflow management system designed to assemble, run, document and share sequences sequences of web services and scripts.