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Efficient research data management is essential for researchers in order to secure their data in the long term, make it findable and prepare it for reuse. As part of Love Data Week 2025, two workshops on Coscine were held to tackle precisely these challenges. While the first workshop on February 10, provided a general introduction, the focus of the second workshop on February 14, was on metadata management.
In this article, we give you a brief review of the Coscine workshops. But that’s not all! We would like to go one step further: Coscine thrives on the community! Researchers can share their own scripts, workflows and automation solutions. We are now calling for active participation, with the chance to win!
Review: Two Workshops on Coscine
Workshop 1 (February 10, 2025): Introduction to Coscine
The first workshop provided a comprehensive introduction to Coscine and showed how researchers can manage their data according to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).
- Coscine as a storage solution: Up to 125 TB of storage per application for a project
- Structured data management: organisation into projects and sub-projects
- Metadata management: Important information directly linked to data
- Archiving of research data: Long-term storage for 10 years after the end of the project
Participants were able to try out Coscine directly in a hands-on session: They created their own projects, added resources and gained initial experience with metadata management.
Workshop 2 (February 14, 2025): Focus on metadata
The second workshop delved deeper into the topic of metadata management and showed how researchers can create individual metadata profiles. The aim was to further improve the organisation and reuse of research data.
- Why is metadata important? – They make it easier to find, understand and reuse data
- Automated linking with research data – metadata is stored directly with the data in Coscine
- Create your own metadata profiles – With the AIMS metadata profile generator, you can create discipline-specific profiles that provide your data with the appropriate metadata
- Advanced search options – metadata in Coscine is searchable via ElasticSearch
There was also a practical exercise in which participants created their own metadata profiles and linked them to Coscine.
Take Part Now: Your Contribution to the Coscine Community!
Coscine already offers numerous functions, but the platform can become even better with the active participation of the community! Researchers can share their own scripts, automation processes or workflows with other users in the community features in GitLab.
Have you already developed a solution that makes Coscine more efficient? Then share your knowledge with the community!
Competition: Your best community feature
Submit your community feature by May 10, 2025! The three best contributions will be selected and honoured by the Coscine team. Whether it’s a script for automated uploading or a clever solution for direct metadata transfer – your ideas can help other researchers!
Further information can be found in the conditions of participation.
Learn More
If you have any questions or feedback, please contact the RDM team. We look forward to hearing from you.
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We look forward to your contributions and to further developing Coscine together with you!
Responsible for the content of this article is Arlinda Ujkani.
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