Introduction to Section (Meta)data, Terminologies, Provenance
The Section (Meta)data, Terminologies, Provenance (section-metadata) coordinates cross-cutting topics in metadata standards and harmonisation across all NFDI consortia. It brings together expertise from different disciplines to develop shared terminology, interoperable metadata schemas, and reusable infrastructure for FAIR research data.
Section Leadership
| Role | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Spokesperson | Dr. Oliver Koepler | TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library |
| Deputy Spokesperson | Leyla Jael Castro | Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin (ZB MED) – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften |
Working Groups and Task Forces
| Group | Contacts | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| WG Terminology Services | Roman Baum, Naouel Karam | Joint development of terminology services, best practices, barriers reduction |
| WG Ontology Harmonization and Mapping | Philip Strömert | Ontology harmonisation and mapping for FAIR data interlinking |
| WG Search and Harvesting | Brigitte Mathiak, Heinrich Widmann | Search, discovery, and harvesting of (meta)data |
| WG Knowledge Graphs | Renat Shigapov, Lozana Rossenova, Moritz Schubotz | Knowledge graphs for FAIR data integration across domains |
| WG Research Software Metadata | Stephan Ferenz, Leyla Jael Castro | Comprehensive metadata vocabulary for research software |
| Task Force Metadata | Oliver Koepler, Christin Henzen, Thorsten Trippel, Heike Fliegl | Metadata standards and harmonisation recommendations for NFDI |
Further Information
- Official NFDI Section Metadata page: https://www.nfdi.de/section-metadata/
Creation of Working Group in the section Metadata
Requirements
Working groups are founded by the approval of the Section governance.
Section leadership conducts a formal review of the Charter with the following criteria to be met:
- Completeness of the Charter
- Motivation must derive from at least one of the Section's topic areas
- At least 6 participants from different institutions AND at least 6 different NFDI consortia
- Openness of the results
Elements of a Charter
- Motivation
- Objectives with concrete description of expected results
- Work plan with milestones (max. 24 months)
- Initial membership list
- At least 6 members from different institutions and at least 6 different NFDI consortia
- Members commit to provide a certain number of person months
- Members nominate at least 2 WG chairs (co-spokes)
- Adoption plan with the description how the NFDI consortia want to use the expected results concretely.