MÜNSTER IMAGING NETWORK
Sa ah Weische , Jens Wend ,
Ma ie Baldenius & Thomas Zobel
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MÜNSTER IMAGING NETWORK
-Mic oscopy -
Templa e-D i en Desk op Tool o Sync, En ich, and
Au oma e You Resea ch Da a
D . Thomas Zobel, Müns e Imaging Ne wo k
Resea ch Da a Managemen (RDM)is essen ial o ensu ing da a eusabili y and compliance wi h he FAIR p inciple. Ye in
e e yday esea ch p ac ice, me ada a anno a ion (essen ial "da a abou da a" ha desc ibes, o example, expe imen al
condi ions, analysis se ings, o knowledge anno a ions) is o en o e looked,as esea che s a ely en ich hei da a wi h
su icien me ada a. Exis ing ools a e pe cei ed as complex and ime-consuming,o e ing li le immedia e bene i .Me aFold
add esses his challenge wi h asimple, empla e-based desk op applica ion ha makes RDM compliance as in ui i e as
c ea ing a new local olde .By cap u ing ich me ada a di ec ly a he poin o da a c ea ion, Me aFold u ns p ope da a
managemen om an a e hough in o an e o less pa o he esea ch wo k low.
•Too many and oo complex
ools, de ached om daily
wo k lows.
•RDM eels like ex a wo k
—no di ec bene i .
Resea che s skip me ada a
s eps.
The Me ada a gap Me aFold: One-s ep wo k low
Selec Templa e C ea e Folde Done
•Templa e-based c ea ion o p ojec olde s and
me ada a o ms
•Ca ego y sys em: cus omizable empla es by p ojec
ype
•P ede ined me ada a wi h eusable and
p e illed consis en en ies
•Mul i-use and g oup-le el con igu a ion
•Di ec in eg a ions wi h elabFTW (ELN) and
OMERO
•P ojec disco e y: ecu si e scan and
isualiza ion o exis ing da a
Co e unc ions
Sma In eg a ions
P ede ined & P e illed
Me ada a Fields
P ojec s, Folde S uc u es
& Filename Sugges ion
Templa es &
Ca ego ies
Local me ada a.json
& Readme.h ml
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