:: Tag descriptions for a Project Report ::

Abstract
Central questions of the project
Data
Declaration of Invention
Experiment
Funding source
Project publication
Historic analysis of the project
Hypothesis
Interpretation
Method
Next step
Participant
Possible outcomes
Problem
Project
Protocol
Reference
Results
Solution
Strategy
Subproject
Tip

Abstract
This tag contains the abstract of a project. It is a brief summary of the project, which should include information about the context of the project, the goal of the project (e.g., to test a hypothesis, to describe a process, etc.), the methods used in the project, and an update of results and conclusions. (The Abstract tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags.)

Central questions of the project
This tag contains a description of the central questions of a project. It is a more elaborate description of the project goals than is customarily found in a project abstract. (The "Central questions of the project" tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags.)

Data
This tag contains any data generated by the researcher as a result of an experiment. Any interpretations of the data or conclusions from the data should not be included within the data tag, but instead, should be included within the Interpretation tag. (The Data tag can only be inserted within a Results tag.)

Declaration of Invention
This tag contains a summary of an invention submitted to the Institut Pasteur Patent office using a Declaration of Invention form. The "Declaration of Invention" (DI) tag has the following properties: title of invention, inventors, date of DI status change (opening, protection, or closure), DI number given by the Patent Office, and DI status. (The "Declaration of Invention" tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags.)

Experiment
An experiment is a small project within a larger project. The work done within an experiment must have a clear goal and a significant result. For example, pipeting a solution into a reaction mixture is too small a process to be called an experiment, while microarray analysis of gene expression in salivary glands is too large, and should be called a project. An experiment by itself most likely cannot lead to a publication. The Experiment tag has the following properties: experiment name, starting date, estimated completion date, actual completion date, and status. (The Experiment tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags.)

Funding source
This tag contains information about sources of funding (e.g., granting agencies) which are used to carry out a project. The "Funding source" tag has the following properties: the source name and the amount of funding. The content of the tag would contain any additional information relevant to the funding source specified in the properties (e.g., a contact person). Each funding source must be described within a separate "Funding source" tag. (The "Funding source" tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags).

Project publication
This tag contains information about a some project publication. It has the following properties: publication title, authors, year, journal or book, volume, pages, and status. (The "Project publication" tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags).

Historic analysis of the project
This tag contains a retrospective analysis of the strategy, successes, and/or failures of a project. The purpose of this tag is to describe and explain any lessons learned from the work on the project. (The "Historic analysis of the project" tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags).

Hypothesis
This tag contains a hypothesis relevant to a project strategy. (The Hypothesis tag can only be inserted within Strategy or "Central questions of the project" tags).

Interpretation
This tag contains interpretation of the data and any conclusions derived from it. (The Interpretation tag can only be inserted within a Results tag.)

Method
This tag contains a method used in the course of an experiment, and has a property "name". (The "Method" tag can only be inserted within an Experiment tag).

Next step
This tag describes the subsequent step in the progress of a project. (The "Next step" tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags).

Participant
This tag specifies a participant in the project other than the author of the notes. This tag has 3 properties: "first name", "last name", affiliation (Institut Pasteur or an outside organization), and "relation to project". "relation to project" has 3 possible values: collaborator, advisor, assistance, which are self-explanatory. The last value is named "assistance" instead of "assistant" for the following reason: if there is someone who assists with the project but is not a collaborator, one may not want to call this person an assistant, since this term carries a meaning of subordinance. Additional information about the participant (e.g., a phone number) can be entered directly within the tag. (The Participant tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags.)

Possible outcomes
This tag describes possible outcomes of a project and interprets their relevance to the stated hypotheses. (The "Possible outcomes" tag can only be inserted within a Strategy tag).

Problem
This tag describes an organizational or a scientific problem encountered within a project or an experiment. This tag has 3 properties: summary, status, and priority. (The Problem tag can only be inserted within Project, Subproject, Experiment, or Method tags).

Project
A project encompasses a substantial amount of work which by itself may lead to a publication. A project consists of more than one experiment. The Project tag has the following properties: name, starting date, estimated completion date, actual completion date, and status. (The Project tag can only be inserted within a Project Report tag.)

Protocol
This tag contains a protocol used in a given method. It has two properties: protocol name and reference (to indicate where the protocol was obtained). (The Protocol tag can only be inserted within a Method tag.)

Reference
This tag contains a relevant bibliographic reference (an article or a book), and has 3 properties: name, authors, and source. A separate tag should be used for each reference. Additional information about the reference (e.g., an abstract) can be entered directly within the tag.

Results
This tag contains the results of following through a given method. It has two properties: type and value. The "type" property has two possible values: "positive" and "negative", which indicate whether the obtained result was positive or negative relative to the hypothesis. The property "value" has two possible values: "conclusive" and "inconclusive", which indicate the certainty of the obtained results. (The Results tag can only be inserted within a Method tag.)

Solution
This tag describes a solution (suggested, in progress, or already carried out) to a problem. (The Solution tag can only be inserted within a Problem tag.)

Strategy
This tag describes a strategy taken by the researchers to address the central questions of a project. The strategy may describe hypotheses, ways to test them, and possible outcomes of the proposed experiments. (The Strategy tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags.)

Subproject
A subproject is a project that is a part of a larger project. For definition please see the description for the Project tag. (The Subproject tag can only be inserted within Project or Subproject tags.)

Tip
This tag contains a tip or a recommendation about how to better apply a given method. (The Tip tag can only be inserted within a Method tag.)