Me ada a
Jonas G ieb, Ch is in Henzen, Claas-Thido P a , Julian Schneide , Emanuel Söding
Towa ds common ecommenda ions and schema c osswalks ac oss Ea h
and En i onmen al Conso ia
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This wo kshop b ough oge he Ea h and en i onmen al science
conso ia o discuss s a egies o me ada a ha moniza ion. Building
on he cu en NFDI me ada a app oaches, we aimed o collec
eedback om conso ia, iden i y o e laps and di e gences in domain-
speci ic me ada a p ac ices, and explo e oppo uni ies o alignmen .
P esen a ions highligh ed ongoing ini ia i es such as he NFDI4Ea h
Knowledge Hub, FAIRag o Sea ch Hub, and NFDI4Biodi e si y
SAHIS. A cen al discussion add essed eedback on he cu en NFDI
me ada a s a egy as a c ucial piece o ou NFDI4Ea h
inpu / eedback, and ideas and pe spec i es as pa ne s/neighbou ing
conso ia o spo sha ed di ec ions and uni e e o s owa d a
hema ic me ada a ini ia i e.
Me ada a Wo kshop Agenda
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▪Showcasing exis ing ini ia i es
▪FAIRag o Sea ch Hub (Julian Schneide , ZB Med)
▪NFDI4Biodi e si y SAHIS (Claas-Thido P a , GFBio)
▪NFDI4Ea h Knowledge Hub and OneS op4All (Jonas G ieb, SGN)
▪NFDI Task Fo ce Me ada a (Emanuel Söding, GEOMAR)
▪Round able discussion
▪Collec you eedback on he cu en NFDI me ada a s a egy as a
c ucial piece o ou NFDI4Ea h inpu / eedback
▪Explo e you ideas and pe spec i es as pa ne s/neighbou ing
conso ia o spo sha ed di ec ions and uni e e o s owa d a
hema ic me ada a ini ia i e
FAIRag o Sea ch Hub
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▪Julian Schneide
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NFDI4Biodi e si y SAHIS
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▪Claas-Thido P a
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NFDI4Ea h Knowledge Hub
NFDI4Ea h Knowledge Hub & OneS op4All
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▪A Knowledge G aph abou ESS
esea ch p oduc s
▪In eg a es and in e links
me ada a
▪Cen al backbone wi hin he
NFDI4Ea h de eloped se ices
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NFDI4Ea h Knowledge Hub & OneS op4All
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h ps://n di4ea h.de/on ology/
▪Da a model: RDF
▪Resou ces ypes
▪Da ase s, Da aSe ices
(aligned wi h DCAT)
▪Ca alogs/Reposi o ies (based
on DCAT+ e3da a)
▪Publica ions, So wa e,
Lea ningResou ces
▪+ mo e ela ed en i ies
(o ganiza ions, pe sons,
me ada a s anda ds …)
based on
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▪Da a model: RDF
▪Da abase: Openlink Vi uoso
(T iple S o e)
Knowledge
Hub
Wikida a Zenodo
Resea ch
So wa e
Di ec o y
Ea h
Da a
Po al
Me ada a
S anda ds
Ca alog
ROR e3da a […]
communi y s
e ices &
ex e nal
da abases:
Ha es me ada a
▪Da a Popula ion
▪Me ada a ha es ing
▪Ha moniza ion (NFDI4Ea h On ology)
▪Link disco e y
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NFDI Task Fo ce Me ada a
NFDI and Me ada a
The Task Fo ce Me ada a
o he NFDI sec ion “(Me a)da a, Te minologies, P o enance”
aims o mode a e and coo dina e he p ocess o iden i ying and
e alua ing exis ing c oss-disciplina y e minologies and me ada a
schemas as sui able candida es o NFDI-ag eed ecommenda ions.
The Task Fo ce akes i s mo i a ion om he NFDI goals and he s a egy o
2025/26 o de elop c oss-disciplina y me ada a s anda ds o he
comp ehensi e ( e-)usabili y o esea ch da a.
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NFDI and Me ada a
The Task Fo ce Me ada a
o he NFDI sec ion “(Me a)da a, Te minologies, P o enance”
aims o mode a e and coo dina e he p ocess o iden i ying and
e alua ing exis ing c oss-disciplina y e minologies and me ada a
schemas as sui able candida es o NFDI-ag eed ecommenda ions.
The Task Fo ce akes i s mo i a ion om he NFDI goals and he s a egy o
2025/26 o de elop c oss-disciplina y me ada a s anda ds o he
comp ehensi e ( e-)usabili y o esea ch da a.
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No e: TF Me ada a does NOT aim o de elop new me ada a s anda ds. We a he build on
exis ing (communi y) s anda ds, ha monizing common in o ma ion and suppo discipline
speci ic aspec s.
The Wo kshops
▪Da e: 14. - 15.01.2025
▪Place: TU D esden
▪Pa icipan s: 55
▪NFDI Conso ia p esen : 26 (all)
▪Me hods: Wo ld Ca e-Tables,
plena y discussions, opinion polls
▪Da e: 25. - 26.06.2025
▪Place: TIB, Hanno e
▪Pa icipan s: 61
▪NFDI Conso ia p esen : 25
▪Me hods: B eakou g oups,
plena y discussions
Aims o he TF Me ada a Wo kshops
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▪Ini ia ing discussion on ag eed me ada a ke nel p o iles based on DCAT,
Da aCi e, schema.o g
▪Ag ee upon co e ields o he NFDI Co e Me ada a P o ile as a minimal
se o ields
▪Explo e and discuss domain-speci ic schema p o iles
▪De ine on how o use hese ag eed-upon co e ields o he NFDI Co e
Me ada a P o ile
Can co e schemas be applied in NFDI
and how?
Goal: The main pu pose o common me ada a
s anda ds is, o be able o exchange da a
ac oss eposi o ies, hus enabling
in e disciplina y in e ope abili y.
Why DCAT, Da aCi e, and schema.o g:
oOu esea ch showed, ha hese a e he mos common
“gene al pu pose“ s anda ds cu en ly in use o expo /
ha es da a om eposi o ies.
oThe e exis good c oss-walks be ween schema.o g, Da aCi e
and DCAT (RDA Resea ch Me ada a Schemas WG)
h ps://www. d-alliance.o g/g oups/ esea ch-me ada a-
schemas-wg/ou pu s/
schema.o g
Scien i ic Disciplines
closed o each o he
Consensus inding p ocess ac oss conso ia
▪Which me ada a “ ields” o he co e
s anda ds a e
usable/unusable/essen ial/useless?
▪Which me ada a “ ields” o he co e
s anda ds make sense o be used by
“all” conso ia?
▪Is he e a common unde s anding o
wha hese me ada a “ ields” mean?
▪Ex end exp essi i y o schemas s a ing
wi h disciplines close o each o he We discuss schemas o in e ope abili y,
no
in e nally used schemas !
schema.o g
Scien i ic Disciplines
closed o each o he
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Main conclusions
▪All conso ia we e amilia wi h a leas one o he
s anda ds, hus DCAT, Da aCi e, and schema.o g
seem o o e a sha ed baseline o publishing da ase
in o ma ion.
▪While no single schema i s all needs, mos conso ia
can implemen expo unc ions o a leas one o
hese wi h minimal e o .
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Wha is e3da a
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Re3da a
•is a global egis y o esea ch da a eposi o ies
•co e s all academic disciplines
•p esen s eposi o ies and po als o he pe manen
s o age and access o esea ch da a se s o esea che s,
unding bodies, publishe s and schola ly ins i u ions.
•p omo es a cul u e o sha ing, inc eased access and
be e isibili y o esea ch da a
PROBLEM: a lo o he in o ma ion in e3da a is ou da ed.
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▪Feedback o NFDI TF Recommenda ion:
▪Fi s o he a endances’ scope
▪Mo e speci ic use cases, e.g., eusabili y
▪Fo NFDI4Ea h: we addi ionally need …
▪Recommenda ions on g anula i y -> co e p o ile
▪Imp o ed me ada a cu a ion (mo e owa ds s uc u al me ada a
o imp o e eusabili y)
▪Follow-ups ia Knowledge Hub G oup
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Summa izing ou discussion
Thank You !
h ps://www.n di4ea h.de/
h ps://www.n di4ea h.de/
h ps://www.n di.de/
h ough p ojec no. 460036893 wi hin he
Ge man Na ional Resea ch Da a
In as uc u e (NFDI, h ps://www.n di.de/).
Jonas G ieb (jonas.g ieb@senckenbe g.de),
Ch is in Henzen (ch is in.henzen@ u-d esden.de),
Emanuel Söding (esoeding@geoma .de)
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