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Herbie
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DescriptionThe ELN Herbie is originally tailored to cover and interlink the heterogeneous process chain of metallic biomaterials research, including materials development, biological characterization, and synchrotron imaging. Due to its modular structure, however, it can be and is already being adapted to other fields of materials science.
Herbie is ideally suited for labs with manufacturing and characterization processes that are somehow standardized or performed more than once in a similar way. Users enter data in well-structured, pre-defined protocols of each process for comparability, quality assurance, and usability. The protocols are then flexibly linked to reflect the complete lifecycle of a sample or experiment. Additional free-text entries linked with research entities like people, projects, devices, samples, and data files enable the user to find everything relevant interconnected in one place. The inserted information is easily accessible in different contexts, such as chronological journals filtered by everything related to an entity or a tabular database view filled from the entries in the protocols. We want Herbie to fit well in the existing software ecosystem, so it provides export, import, an API, and connections to other software, such as the ELN Chemotion. Herbie is still growing, so more features will come soon.
ProviderHelmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
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URLhereon.de/herbie
Activity Statusactive
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Last checked on03.03.2023
Provider's data safety and data security strategies
Reference usersDr. Martin Held (martin.held@hereon.de), Head of department Instrumental Structure Analysis at Institute of Membrane Research at Hereon
Reviews
Exit strategyAll data can be accessed via API or downloaded in different formats, e.g. RO-Crate or json.
Community
Known usersHelmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
General
LicenseOpen Source, AGPL 3.0 for ELN code incl. interfaces + additional Contributor License Agreement, CC BY-NC-SA for process protocols
SubjectBiology, Engineer, Materials Science
PricingAcademic, Free, Industry, Chargeable / Paid for / fee-based, free for academic use
Versions
Location of providerGermany
Usability
Customizable user interfaceCustomizable user interface, Process protocols can be adapted to a lab's specific needs by admins.
LanguagesGerman, English
SupportConsulting, Online documentation, Support by provider, User training (online, on site)
Usage statisticsNo usage statistics
Offline functionalities
Core functions (Daily work)
Data inputBrowser forms, Plain text editor
Data import (formats)Image formats, Document formats, Structured formats, Table formats, MS Office formats, RO-Crate
Data import (method)Drag & Drop / File Chooser
Data exportComplete content in machine readable format, Formats suitable for long term archiving, Formats suitable for publication
TemplatesSubject specific templates, Define own templates, Microtitre plate templates, Materials Science
Search functionsDatabase queries, Advanced search
CollaborationRights management, Role management, Comments
Compliance with legal requirements
Preservation of evidenceVersioning, Audit Trail
Compliance
Extended functions (Daily work)
Laboratory management functionsInventory (devices), Materials database, Sample Tracking
Integrations and extensionsOn request
Automation
Device connectionWithout device connection
Project management toolsProject management
WorkflowsCross-project workflows, With workflows, Export possible, Import possible, flexible linking of individual steps to assemble whole workflow
Integration in RDM and IT environment
Application programming interfacesREST API
Controlled vocabularyControlled Vocabulary, All process protocols contain controlled vocabulary for comparability, quality control, and usability.
Data accessBrowser based, Responsive Design
Data storage locationLocal, Cloud
Type of external cloud
Location of data storage or processing
Level of data protection (e.g. certification)
Transport encryption
Data storage encryption
Access control
Guaranteed SLAs
Interval of Data Backups
Number of Data Backups
Data Backups Encrypted
Template for data processing agreement (DPA), including the technical and organizational measures (TOM)
Authentication methods
User account security measures
Usage optionOn-premises
Server operating systemWindows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android