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| released              = {{Start date|2012|01|17}} (2.2-r301)<ref name="LTStart">{{cite web |url=http://www.labtrove.org/getlabtrove/releaselog.html |title=LabTrove - Release Log |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>
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'''LabTrove''' is a free open-source [[electronic laboratory notebook]] (ELN) that "enables researchers to share their experimental plans, thoughts, observations and achievements with the wider online community in a secure, semantically rich and extensible manner."<ref name="LTAbout">{{cite web |url=http://www.labtrove.org/aboutus/ |title=LabTrove - About Us |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>
'''LabTrove''' was a free open-source [[electronic laboratory notebook]] (ELN) that "enables researchers to share their experimental plans, thoughts, observations and achievements with the wider online community in a secure, semantically rich and extensible manner."<ref name="LTAbout">{{cite web |url=http://www.labtrove.org/aboutus/ |title=LabTrove - About Us |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>


LabTrove is part of the Smart Research Framework (SRF)<ref name="SRFLT">{{cite web |url=http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/software/labtrove.html |title=The Smart Research Framework (SRF) - LabTrove |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>, a research collective which aims to integrate social networking's benefits into a rigorous and reliable laboratory informatics framework.<ref name="SRFVision">{{cite web |url=http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/vision.html |title=The Smart Research Framework (SRF) - The Vision |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref> It can be installed locally, or it's also available as a hosted service via U.K. business Liberata.<ref name="LTLiberata">{{cite web |url=http://www.liberata.com/products-services/it-solutions/sectors/higher-education |title=Liberata - Higher Education |publisher=Liberata UK Limited |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="LTLiberataPDF">{{cite web |url=http://www.liberata.com/docs/pdf/university-of-southampton.pdf?sfvrsn=6 |title=LabTrove and Liberata help Universities improve their Research Data Management |publisher=Liberata UK Limited |format=PDF |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>
LabTrove was part of the Smart Research Framework (SRF)<ref name="SRFLT">{{cite web |url=http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/software/labtrove.html |title=The Smart Research Framework (SRF) - LabTrove |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>, a research collective which aimed to integrate social networking's benefits into a rigorous and reliable laboratory informatics framework.<ref name="SRFVision">{{cite web |url=http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/vision.html |title=The Smart Research Framework (SRF) - The Vision |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref> It could be installed locally, or it's also available as a hosted service via U.K. business Liberata.<ref name="LTLiberata">{{cite web |url=http://www.liberata.com/products-services/it-solutions/sectors/higher-education |title=Liberata - Higher Education |publisher=Liberata UK Limited |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="LTLiberataPDF">{{cite web |url=http://www.liberata.com/docs/pdf/university-of-southampton.pdf?sfvrsn=6 |title=LabTrove and Liberata help Universities improve their Research Data Management |publisher=Liberata UK Limited |format=PDF |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>


==Product history==
==Product history==
An open-source SourceForge project was started on July 28, 2010<ref name="LTSF">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/labtrove/ |title=LabTrove |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>, and release candidates were made public via SourceForge and the website LabTrove.org.<ref name="LTArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.labtrove.org/getlabtrove.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101120230051/http://www.labtrove.org/getlabtrove.html |title=LabTrove - Get LabTrove |publisher=University of Southampton |archivedate=20 November 2010 |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref> The first stable release of LabTrove is believed to be version 2.2-r301, released on January 17, 2012.<ref name="LTStart" /> Development had continued on the software as part of the SRF.<ref name="SRFLT" />


An open-source SourceForge project was started on July 28, 2010<ref name="LTSF">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/labtrove/ |title=LabTrove |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>, and release candidates were made public via SourceForge and the website LabTrove.org.<ref name="LTArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.labtrove.org/getlabtrove.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101120230051/http://www.labtrove.org/getlabtrove.html |title=LabTrove - Get LabTrove |publisher=University of Southampton |archivedate=20 November 2010 |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref> The first stable release of LabTrove is believed to be version 2.2-r301, released on January 17, 2012.<ref name="LTStart" /> Development has continued on the software since as part of the SRF.<ref name="SRFLT" />
By 2023, the LabTrove website had fallen out of use, and the software has not been formally updated since 2019. The project is presumed to be abandoned.


==Features==
==Features==
 
Features of LabTrove included<ref name="LTLiberataPDF" />:
Features of LabTrove include<ref name="LTLiberataPDF" />:


* web-based
* web-based
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==Hardware/software requirements==
==Hardware/software requirements==
 
Prerequisite software was able to be installed manually or via a Debian all-in-one package. Installation requirements for LabTrove included:
Prerequisite software can be installed manually or via a Debian all-in-one package. Installation requirements for LabTrove include:


* Apache 2 Web Server on Debian
* Apache 2 Web Server on Debian
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==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
==Videos, screenshots, and other media==


* LabTrove documentation can be found [http://docs.labtrove.org/2.3/lt/Main_Page on the wiki].
* LabTrove documentation could be found [http://docs.labtrove.org/2.3/lt/Main_Page on the wiki].


==Entities using LabTrove==
==Entities using LabTrove==
Entities using LabTrove include<ref name="LTUsers">{{cite web |url=http://www.labtrove.org/users/ |title=LabTrove - Users |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>:
Entities using LabTrove include<ref name="LTUsers">{{cite web |url=http://www.labtrove.org/users/ |title=LabTrove - Users |publisher=University of Southampton |accessdate=18 February 2013}}</ref>:


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==Further reading==
==Further reading==




==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/external/labtrove LabTrove at JISC]
* [http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/external/labtrove LabTrove at JISC]
* [http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/software/labtrove.html LabTrove at SRF]
* [http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/software/labtrove.html LabTrove at SRF]
* [http://www.liberata.com/products-services/it-solutions/sectors/higher-education LabTrove at Liberata]
* [http://www.liberata.com/products-services/it-solutions/sectors/higher-education LabTrove at Liberata]


LabTrove can also be found on SourceForge. However, use caution when downloading and installing from there; the install package may contain undesirable add-on software.  
LabTrove was also found on SourceForge. However, use caution when downloading and installing from there; the install package may contain undesirable add-on software.  


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 8 June 2024

LabTrove
LabTrove logo.gif
Developer(s) University of Southampton
Initial release January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) (2.2-r301)[1]
Discontinued

2.4.0.888  (July 28, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-07-28))

[±]
Preview release 2.4.99.889  (January 18, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-18)) [±]
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Electronic laboratory notebook
Laboratory informatics software
License(s) BSD 3-Clause License
Website LabTrove.org

LabTrove was a free open-source electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) that "enables researchers to share their experimental plans, thoughts, observations and achievements with the wider online community in a secure, semantically rich and extensible manner."[2]

LabTrove was part of the Smart Research Framework (SRF)[3], a research collective which aimed to integrate social networking's benefits into a rigorous and reliable laboratory informatics framework.[4] It could be installed locally, or it's also available as a hosted service via U.K. business Liberata.[5][6]

Product history

An open-source SourceForge project was started on July 28, 2010[7], and release candidates were made public via SourceForge and the website LabTrove.org.[8] The first stable release of LabTrove is believed to be version 2.2-r301, released on January 17, 2012.[1] Development had continued on the software as part of the SRF.[3]

By 2023, the LabTrove website had fallen out of use, and the software has not been formally updated since 2019. The project is presumed to be abandoned.

Features

Features of LabTrove included[6]:

  • web-based
  • API-enabled automated processing
  • metadata support
  • blog style with timeline views
  • R&D-friendly
  • document management
  • extensible
  • LDAP, OpenID, username and password authentication
  • available support and consultancy service

Hardware/software requirements

Prerequisite software was able to be installed manually or via a Debian all-in-one package. Installation requirements for LabTrove included:

  • Apache 2 Web Server on Debian
  • MySQL Server
  • ImageMagick, ZIP, and other utilities

See the installation guide for more information.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Entities using LabTrove

Entities using LabTrove include[9]:

University of Southampton, University of Reading

Further reading

External links

LabTrove was also found on SourceForge. However, use caution when downloading and installing from there; the install package may contain undesirable add-on software.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "LabTrove - Release Log". University of Southampton. http://www.labtrove.org/getlabtrove/releaselog.html. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  2. "LabTrove - About Us". University of Southampton. http://www.labtrove.org/aboutus/. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "The Smart Research Framework (SRF) - LabTrove". University of Southampton. http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/software/labtrove.html. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  4. "The Smart Research Framework (SRF) - The Vision". University of Southampton. http://www.mylabnotebook.ac.uk/vision.html. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  5. "Liberata - Higher Education". Liberata UK Limited. http://www.liberata.com/products-services/it-solutions/sectors/higher-education. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "LabTrove and Liberata help Universities improve their Research Data Management" (PDF). Liberata UK Limited. http://www.liberata.com/docs/pdf/university-of-southampton.pdf?sfvrsn=6. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  7. "LabTrove". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/labtrove/. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  8. "LabTrove - Get LabTrove". University of Southampton. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101120230051/http://www.labtrove.org/getlabtrove.html. Retrieved 18 February 2013. 
  9. "LabTrove - Users". University of Southampton. http://www.labtrove.org/users/. Retrieved 18 February 2013.