What is it?

Orsn is an electronic research notebook – a tool for collecting data and evidence, documenting process, writing up research findings in interactive formats, and sharing knowledge with others.

It's ideal for providing interactive supplementary material to published articles, or for creating a web resource for sharing research insights.

Orsn supports all kinds of research, not just experimental or lab-based work. Specialised outputs can be represented through the use of custom plugins.

Personal projects

Orsn is a useful and flexible tool for taking notes, writing a journal, or collecting ideas – like a digital commonplace book.

Phases of research

There are three broad phases of research supported by Orsn:

1. Data collection and/or process documentation
2. Reflection and representation of research
3. Writing up of projects

You may choose not to document every phase of a project in Orsn. For example, you may use Orsn primarily for data collection, as a knowledge-base; or you may use it to document a project retrospectively through the use of interactive narratives.