Here in the development team we're busy preparing the next release of RSpace which we plan to make available on July 14th. This release, we've completely overhauled the Templating system. We know that many of you use Templates but are…
Here in the RSpace development team we're getting things ready for the next release of RSpace, due out in the first week of April. We've been getting a lot of requests to make RSpace more customizable, both at a system-wide…
In my previous post I wrote about the use of Copying in RSpace to generate new content from old content. In this and subsequent posts, I'll cover Forms, Templates and Snippets. All of these have their uses, but it's not…
One of the advantages of using an ELN is being able to create content quickly and accurately. Many times we are following a protocol, that varies but slightly from one experiment to another. Alternatively, we might have some images or diagrams, such as cloning vector diagrams, that we want to reuse between different unrelated experiments.
RSpace offers multiple ways to reuse content – snippets, templates, forms and copying. This is flexible, but can be confusing if you’re new to RSpace. In this and subsequent posts, I’ll cover some of these features, so you can choose those that suit your work best.
We’ll start off with the simplest approach – simply copying whole documents. If you’re in the Workspace, you can select one or more notebooks, documents and folders, then click the ‘Copy’ button which appears. Everything that’s copied will be completely separate from the original – including diagrams, sketches, attachments and images. If you copy a folder, then all subfolders and their contents will also be copied.
If you’re editing a document, there is a ‘Save’ option that combines ‘Save’ with making a new copy. This is called ‘Save and Clone’. In this case, the document will be saved, a complete copy made, and the new copy opened for editing.
Here’s a summary of what we’ve covered:
| Technique | Useful for |
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| Copy whole document |
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| Save & clone |
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In the next post, we’ll cover Forms, which are a great way to standardise document structure within a group, or just for personal use.
Rory Macneil, ResearchSpace Chief Executive, spoke at the Educause Conference on October 29th, 2015 Venue: Indianapolis, Indiana – Dates: 27th – 30th October Session: Drivers and Responses toward Research Data Management Maturity: Transatlantic Perspectives Session slides can be viewed here
In the RSpace development team, we’re now getting ready to release the next version of RSpace, 1.30. In this release, we’ve overhauled and improved 2 features that people were finding problematic - File upload and Messaging. File upload will be…
Here is this week's top 5: JISC report on Research Data Alliance 6th Plenary http://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2015/10/15/research-data-alliance-6th-plenary/ Sabine Leonelli and Louise Bezuidenhuit, LSE report on 'The Politics of Data: The rising prominence of a data-centric approach to scientific research http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/10/05/politics-of-data-scientific-data-centrism/ Overview…
Here are this week's top five: Research data census at Montana State University http://er.educause.edu/articles/2015/9/data-intensive-science-and-campus-it JISC report on the future of cloud computing https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/the-future-of-cloud-computing?utm_content=buffer30e06&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Duraspace Quickbyte video channel launched http://duraspace.org/node/2694 Codata RDA Plenary 6 highlights http://codata.org/blog/2015/10/03/cranking-it-out-codata-and-rda-plenary-6/ New book by Burton Callicot, David Sherer and Andrew…
This is the first of a series of weekly posts listing the most interesting pieces of news relating to research data management I came across the past week -- look for future posts, every Thursday, or follow on twitter #rdmtop5!…
After three years in development, the team at Research Space is delighted to introduce RSpace. Developed in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, the University of Goettingen and the University of Wisconsin, RSpace is the first electronic lab notebook designed…