Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) data source plugin

User Manual

Introduction

The ELN data source plugins allows the user to query the Caltech Electronic Lab Notebook (http://atlasserv.caltech.edu:1977/birn/index.jsp) and retrieve a list of query results (Study Information, Dataset Information, Subject Information). Every Dataset contains a number of MRI image scans stored in NIFTI format.

Getting Started

To access the ELN data source plugin

1. open the Search Workspace
2. switch to the keyword subworkspace by selecting Search > By keyword in the menu bar

Functional Specification

Search and Data types

The ELN data source plugin supports the following search types:

1. Search by keyword

The ELN data source plugin returns the following type of data:

1. Vector<mbQueryResult>, list of query results (Study Name, Subject ID, Study Description, Study ID). Every Search Result contains links to 3D Volume MRI Image Scans stored in NIFTI format.

Annotations

For the ELN Dataset, the following annotations are listed:

1. Name
2. Subject ID
3. Description
4. Study ID

Credentials

You must be on the Caltech Network (on campus or via VPN) to access the ELN Datasource. There are no username/passwords required.

Database Connection Type

Oracle JDBC

Workspace Interoperability

Error Handling

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