Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstr.5, 30167, Hannover, Germany.
Anal Bioanal Chem. 2020 Jul;412(17):3961-3965. doi: 10.1007/s00216-020-02526-7. Epub 2020 Apr 16.
Wouldn't it be great, if experimental data were findable wherever they were? If experimental data were accessible' regardless of the storage place and format? If experimental data were interoperable independent of the author or its origin? If experimental data were reusable for further analysis without experimental repetition? The current state of the art of data acquisition in the laboratory is very diverse. A lot of different devices are used, analogue as well as digital ones. Usually all experimental setups and observations are summarized in a handwritten lab notebook, independently from digital or analogue sources. To change the actual and common way of laboratory data acquisition into a digital and modern one, electronic lab notebooks can be used. A challenge of science is to facilitate knowledge discovery by assisting humans and machines in their discovery of scientific data and their associated algorithms and workflows. FAIR describes a set of guiding principles to make data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
如果实验数据无论在何处都能被找到，那岂不是很好？如果实验数据能够被访问，而不考虑存储位置和格式？如果实验数据能够互操作，而不依赖于作者或其来源？如果实验数据可以在不进行实验重复的情况下，为进一步的分析而重复使用？目前实验室的数据采集技术非常多样化。使用了很多不同的设备，包括模拟设备和数字设备。通常，所有的实验设置和观察结果都记录在手写的实验室笔记本中，而不考虑数字或模拟来源。为了将实际和常见的实验室数据采集方式转变为数字化和现代化的方式，可以使用电子实验室笔记本。科学的一个挑战是通过帮助人和机器发现科学数据及其相关算法和工作流程，促进知识发现。FAIR 描述了一组指导原则，以实现数据的可发现性、可访问性、互操作性和可重复性。
