Welcome! Click the button below to open the electronic notebook. You will be asked for a username and password to gain access to the notebook. Kathi Alexander (akx@ornl.gov) should have provided you with a valid username and password. If you have difficulties contact her or Bryan Allen (aod@ornl.gov) for assistance.
For new (or forgetful) users some basic instructions on how to use the notebook are provided below. For more detailed instructions or additional information visit the Electronic Notebook Project web page.
The present version of our notebook provides the following functions divided into two classes: those that modify the notebook and those that just view pages in the notebook.
Add - brings up an input form. entry of name and title fields is required. User can cut and paste html source or text into the text input field. By default notebook assumes plain text was typed into the input field and it preserves its formating. Once the input is complete, select the appropriate MIME type at the bottom of the form and press submit. This entry will be added to the end of the notebook. Instead of using the text input field, the user may upload a file into the notebook, for example a gif or jpg image. After submission, the notebook will return the URL of this image so it can be linked into or displayed in a notebook page. Our research includes incorporating a Java applet sketchpad and pen input. The sketchpad permits inserting images that can then be sketched over, highlighted, or annotated. Here is a prototype demo notebook that has the sketchpad integrated that illustrates our ongoing work in this area.
Edit - brings up the same input form as Add with the text input field filled with the contents of the presently viewed page. The user can edit the contents (for example to correct spelling or formatting) or add additional information. Select MimeType "html" and press Submit to put this edited page back in the notebook. We plan to add a revision log to enties to track who and when entries were altered. [the notebook does not permit editing Notarized entries]
Delete - deletes the presently viewed page from the notebook. It is equivalent to tearing out a page of a paper notebook. The original page is not actually deleted and is still preserved inside the notebook, but would require a system administrator to manually restore it.
Annotate - allows the user to add entries to the bottom of the currently viewed page, for example, if a later page contains data that supersedes or invalidates the present page. Annotate brings up an input form similar to edit except it does not allow the original contents to be changed. Annotation is allowed on pages with Notarized entries. (The annotations themselves can be notarized) [presently under development]
Notarize - electronically notarizes the viewed entry. A trusted time and notary server is sent a hash of the entry. The server time-stamps and signs the hash and securely returns it to the notebook, which stores this notarization with the entry. Weekly a physical paper print out of the hash value of each notebook is sent to Records Management to be notarized and stored. [presently under development]