Electronic laboratory notebook system and method

Method for managing an electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) system for use in research or industry related to pharmacy, medical centers, biomedical laboratories, biotechnology, plant biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry or nanotechnology, comprising the steps of

• providing an ELN managing application, which is hosted by an ELN service provider, which is accessible for clients via the Internet and which is configured for managing the access of the clients on the electronic laboratory notebook represented by ELN data in an ELN database stored on an ELN host server and hosted by the ELN service provider, the ELN data in the ELN database containing data entries, which contain the references to ELN files, the ELN files being stored separately from the ELN database and being stored on a local storage server,
• receiving, via the Internet and by means of the ELN managing application, a query of a client software, which runs on a client computer being located on premises of the client, wherein the query involves transferring ELN-files, which include content of the ELN and which are referenced by the data entries of the ELN database, between the client computer and the local storage server, which is located on premises of the client and configured for storing the ELN files,
• controlling, by means of the ELN managing application and depending on the client's access rights, the transfer of the ELN-files between the client computer and the local storage server.

A non-transitory data storage medium containing data representing an executable program code for running and ELN managing application, which can be hosted by an ELN service provider, which is accessible for clients via the Internet and which is configured for managing the access of the clients on the electronic laboratory notebook represented by ELN data in an ELN database stored on an ELN host server and hosted by the ELN service provider, the ELN data in the ELN database containing data entries, which contain the references to ELN files, the ELN files being stored separately from the ELN database and being stored on a local storage server, the content of the ELN files being usable for research or industry related to pharmacy, medical centers, biomedical laboratories, biotechnology, plant biotechnology, microbiology, chemistry or nanotechnology, the executable program code realizing the following functions:

• receiving, via the Internet and by means of the ELN managing application, a query of a client software, which runs on a client computer being located on premises of the client, wherein the query involves transferring ELN-files, which include content of the ELN and which are referenced by the data entries of the ELN database, between the client computer and the local storage server, which is located on premises of the client and configured for storing the ELN files,
• controlling, by means of the ELN managing application and depending on the client's access rights, the transfer of the ELN-files between the client computer and the local storage server.