Comments on: Starting an Open Notebook Science project

By: Choosing the tools of Open Notebook Science | Mario's Entangled Bank

Choosing the tools of Open Notebook Science | Mario's Entangled Bank — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:22:45 +0000

[...] will always remember my post Starting an Open Notebook Science project as the day that I almost started with ONS. But, complications arose, ensued, were overcome and here [...]

By: Ariel Balter

Ariel Balter — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:35:06 +0000

I have use jsMath with trac. I like it better than the other LaTeX plugins for various reasons, including the fact that it does equation numbering, supports/ref{}, supports inline and evironment, uses native latex syntax $….$ without having to put in special html tags (when configured properly). Therefore it offers the most seamless path from wiki/blog post to paper.

However, in all cases that I used it, I had a server where I could install the jsMath package. That being said, if you have trac running, then you are almost certainly running it on a server where you have ssh access. That include services such as webfaction.com.

Let me know if you need more information or help on how to do it.

Thanks or the info on Open Notebook Science!

By: Jean-Claude Bradley

Jean-Claude Bradley — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:22:55 +0000

Nice! Yes different groups will require different set-up and it is hard to know until you start experimenting. Our system is based on a lab notebook you would keep for a wet lab, which is probably why it works for Gus too. I agree that picking a small project with no collaborator complications is simplest. I look forward to what you end up doing.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:04:06 +0000

I think the LaTEX capabilities in TiddlyWiki come from using JSMath (http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/) so you might be able to add this library to Trac if you end up going with that (not sure how customizable Trac is). You may also want to drop a line to the OWW folks to ask if they would consider adding the library on their site. Another option might be to use a CMS like Drupal – you could use JSMath with it and there’s a Subversion module that appears to allow you to hook up your Drupal installation to a SVN repository. This would probably require a decent amount of effort to set it up exactly as you want it, but might give you everything you want.