- Elog
Infobox_Software
name = ELOG
caption = Example ELOG web pages
developer = Stefan Ritt
latest_release_version = 2.7.3
latest_release_date = February 22nd, 2008
operating_system =Cross-platform
genre =Web application
license =GPL
website = [http://midas.psi.ch/elog ELOG home page]ELOG is a
Web application written by Stefan Ritt in C which can be used to create personal and common logbooks. It has been developed at thePaul Scherrer Institute originally for shift logbooks in particle physics experiments, but is now widely used in other fields. Besides theCERN experimentsLHCb andCMS is it used on the US coastguard icebreakerUSCGC Healy and part of theDebian distribution.ELOG is licensed under the
GNU General Public License asfree software . It is currently available in 13 languages.Description
ELOG combines a small internal database with a web front-end in a single program. It can be configured though a single configuration file for different applications such as:
* Personal logbooks. People can write down notes in a chronological order ('entries') and retrieve them with a web browser.
* Shared logbooks. Logbooks can be shared among several people with read and optional write access. The most common use of this are shift logbooks replacing the traditional paper logbook. ELOG was originally developed for the [http://meg.psi.ch MEG Experiment] at PSI.
* Small databases. ELOG can be configured with arbitrary attributes and thus serve a simple database with search facilities for typically a few thousand entries.
* Discussion forums. The possibility to use threads and automatic email notifications make this software useful for (simple) news group servers.
* Bug tracker. ELOG can be configured to work as a simpleBug tracking system with email notifications and a database for open/fixed bugs.
* Any combination of the above hosted on a single site.The main difference between ELOG and other systems is the fact that ELOG does not depend on any other package such as a database server or
PHP . A single executable together with a configuration file make it very simple to install and use.Platforms
ELOG consists of a single C program and can be compiled on most systems. Most commonly it is used under
Linux ,MS Windows ,FreeBSD ,Mac OS X and Solaris. ELOG is part of theDebian distribution.External links
* [http://midas.psi.ch/elog ELOG home page at PSI]
* [http://freshmeat.net/projects/elog/ ELOG page at freshmeat.net]
* [http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Other-Internet-Related/ELOG.shtml ELOG page at softpedia.com]
* [http://midas.psi.ch/elogs/linux%20demo/ Online demo logbook]
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