SurfTheOWL is a software that can be used to query an ontology with a specific structure (currently applied only to TriboDataFAIR Ontology) and display the possible key-value pairs that constitute a record in an electronic lab notebook for a specific laboratory object or procedure. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01429-9 - Garabedian, N.T., Schreiber, P.J., Brandt, N., Greiner, C., et al. Abstract: Generating FAIR research data in experimental tribology. Sci Data 9, 315 (2022). Digital solutions for the generation of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data and metadata in experimental tribology are currently lacking, despite the looming challenge of integrating cutting-edge data science techniques – a promising scientific route for any field that often relies on phenomenology and empiricism. Additionally, the broad interdisciplinarity of tribology is probably a main contributing factor for the lack of community-wide data and metadata standards, and the heavy reliance on custom workflows and equipment. This paper, first, outlines a sample framework for scalable generation of FAIR data, and second, delivers a showcase FAIR data package for a pin-on-disk tribological experiment. The resulting curated data, consisting of 2,008 key-value pairs and 1,696 logical axioms, is the result of (1) the close collaboration with developers of a virtual research environment, (2) crowd-sourced controlled vocabulary, (3) ontology building and (4) numerous – seemingly – small-scale digital tools. Thereby, this paper demonstrates a collection of scalable non-intrusive techniques that extend the life, reliability and reusability of experimental tribological data beyond typical publication practices. https://youtu.be/xwCpRDnPFvs - Generating FAIR Research Data in Experimental Tribology - Get Scientific Results Ready for ML https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5720626 - FAIR Data Package of a Tribological Showcase Pin-on-Disk Experiment https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5720198 or https://github.com/nick-garabedian/TriboDataFAIR-Ontology or https://fairsharing.org/3597 - TriboDataFAIR Ontology https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5720218 or https://github.com/nick-garabedian/SurfTheOWL - SurfTheOWL https://kadi4mat.iam-cms.kit.edu/ - Kadi4Mat Virtual Research Environment and Electronic Lab Notebook