:: Introduction ::

iPad is designed to help researchers in biology-related fields to oraganize their research notes. Biological research notes have been customarily entered into paper notebooks, which causes considerable difficulties for searching and communicating research information. Unlike other electronic notebooks, iPad allows researchers to elaborately structure their notes using the method of "standardized content markup". The idea behind this method is to attach short standardized comments (called tags) to the information. The marked up, or tagged, information is much easier to find, manipulate, and manage. In particular, iPad will increase productivity, simplify individual and group project management, improve collaboration, facilitate archival retrieval, reveal useful information which is normally "buried" within individual project notes, etc.