Workshop

2nd NFDI Metadata Workshop

Workshop on Metadata Standards for Research Data Management

When? 25-27 June 2025 (from-lunch-to-lunch) 
Where? Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
Welfengarten 1B
Standort Tech/Nat
30167 Hannover
Who? Metadata representatives of consortia + other stakeholders 
Organiser: NFDI4Chem and Taskforce Metadata
of NFDI Section (Meta)data, Terminologies, Provenance
Description

We cordially invite metadata experts from all consortia to the 2nd NFDI Metadata workshop.

In the workshop we want to continue and (ideally) finalise the discussion about generic metadata schemas like schema.org, DataCite and DCAT to be utilised across all NFDI communities.

We further want to extend the discussion on activities towards discipline specific metadata schemas. How can we extend generic schemas (i.e. as DCAT application profiles) and / or link generic and disciplines specific schemas.

There will be plenty of room and time for break-out sessions to discuss. We would love to see consortia team up to discuss shared “discipline-specific” schemas and mappings. You are further invited to bring your data and do some actual annotating with the metadata schemas in question.

    We invite all consortia and their metadata experts to participate in NFDI-wide discussion and joint efforts to work on NFDI standards for metadata.

    More detailed information on the workshop and agenda/program will follow soon.

    CoRDI Save the Date
    Agenda
    Day 1: June 25
    13:00 – 13:15 Arrival/Registration
    13:15 – 13:30 Welcome/Housekeeping & Introduction to Workshop
    13:30 – 14:00 Summary of 1st NFDI Metadata Workshop 
    14:00 – 14:15 PID4NFDI, PIDs and Metadata
    14:15 – 14:30 tba
    14:30 – 14:45 tba
    14:45 – 15:00 TS4NFDI support for semantic metadata
    15:00 – 15:20 Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF)  not confirmed yet
    15:20 – 15:30 Introduction of Assignments for the breakout session

    Repeat identified core schemas and core elements
    15:30 – 15:40 Transition into Breakout rooms to continue & finalise Dresden

    (Core Elements)

    Up to 5 breakout groups working on the same task
    15:40 – 18:00 Task for all Breakout groups:

    Discuss the provided core elements across DataCite, Schema.org and DCAT and define recommendations how to apply these from the perspective of your community

    Include mapping of the core elements across schemes

    		 (with self organized break in-between)
    18:00 (5 mins) Closing of Day 1

     

    Day 2: June 26
    9:00 – 11:00 Summary of Breakouts sessions from Day 1

    Discussion & Agreement on utilisation of core schemas in communities
    11:00 – 12:00 Working in Breakout Sessions:

    Map your data to core elements in 1 or more of the 3 different schemes 
    12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
    13:00 – 14:00 Are we done? No! Why do we need more?

    Lightning Talks introducing domain-centred Metadata Profiles / Approaches

    Homework done before:
    Identify 10 important characteristic pieces of information for describing a data set in your domain, e.g. Geolocation, InChi Key, Sampling Procedure,….

     
    5 min BioMed Interoperability Group
    5 min Chemistry MIChI
    5 min Developing DCAT-APs for communities
    5 min Component Metadata Infrastructure (CMDI)
    5 min Organizing Breakout assigning Participants

    Pick the Topic of your interest
    14:00 – 17:00 Breakout Session

    Explore in more details. Discuss aligning domain specific approaches with DCAT, Schema.org and DataCite

    		 (with self organized break in-between)
    17:00 (5 min) Closing of Day 2

     

    Day 3: June 27
    9:00 – 09:45 Summary/Reports of Breakouts sessions from Day 2
    09:45 – 11:45 Plenary discussion

    Reflection on past 2 days, finding consensus
    11:45 – 12:00 Wrap up & planning of next steps
    12:00 Closing of the Workshop

     

    Registration