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New RDM Guideline at RWTH Aachen University

October 17th, 2024 | by
Hands are on the pad; one hand is holding a pen and writing “RDM at RWTH”

Source: Own illustration

At its meeting on June 18, 2024, the rectorate of RWTH Aachen approved the new version of the RDM guideline on the recommendation of the RDM advisory board. In this article, we discuss the background and the most important innovations of the new guideline.

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Participation in the MSE Congress 2024

October 10th, 2024 | by
A stand with four people at the MSE Congress 2024

Source: Katharina M. E. Grünwald

The RDM team from RWTH Aachen University was represented at the International Congress on Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)! Well, at least partially: we were represented there by members of the Materials Science and Engineering Consortium of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI-MatWerk for short) of the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University. We have recorded our impressions of the MSE Congress in this article.

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Asynchronous Tracking and Description of Research Data Changes in Distributed Systems With Interoperable Metadata

June 13th, 2024 | by
Graduation Celebration

Source: Freepik

In the world of digital research, there are many different ways of storing data. But how can research data be managed in a way that makes it accessible and usable for everyone who should have access to it? In this blog post, we look at how we can tackle this challenge by introducing a method to fill in missing information about the origin of data. This approach is intended to make it easier to find and use research data – in line with the FAIR Principles.

 

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New Basic Services Funded With RWTH Participation

May 23rd, 2024 | by
Logo of base4nfdi

Source: base4nfdi

Congratulations to the three basic service initiatives Jupyter4NFDI, DMP4NFDI and KGI4NFDI, which received approval for a one-year initialization phase from the consortium meeting of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) in April 2024. DMP4NFDI is another basic service for consortia based at RWTH Aachen University.

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Survey on the baureka.online Research Data Portal

March 19th, 2024 | by
Diamond with question mark

Source: Lara Draschoff

The team of baureka.online needs your support! A survey on the baureka.online research data portal is currently running until March 24, 2024! Do you use digital data in historical building research? Then your opinion is needed!

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The Fair Principles: Origin and Meaning

March 14th, 2024 | by
Close-up of a window with "Data" written on it and a building in the background

Source: Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash

In this blog post, we inform you about the origin and meaning of the so-called FAIR principles and place the term in the broader context of modern data management.

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NFDI-MatWerk: Working Meeting at KIT

March 7th, 2024 | by
The Scientific Computing Center (SCC) on the North Campus of KIT

The Scientific Computing Center (SCC) on the North Campus of KIT
Source: IT Center

As our readers know, RWTH Aachen University is active in several consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). This includes the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University in the NFDI-MatWerk consortium, which focuses on supporting the digital transformation in materials science and engineering. In this blog post, we share our impressions of the last working meeting at KIT.

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Follow-up Report on the First CoRDI – Conference on Research Data Infrastructure

September 21st, 2023 | by
Coscine lecture at the CorDI with Katja Jansen

Source: Own illustration

For the first time, the “Conference on Research Data Infrastructure” took place in Karlsruhe from 12 to 14 September 2023. The conference was organised by the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) Association in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and brought together national and international experts from various research fields and research data management infrastructures under the motto “Connecting Communities”. With numerous scientific talks, discussions, guest lectures, poster presentations and networking opportunities, the event focused on the comprehensive use of research data. Find out how Coscine integrated into the conference in this blog post.

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Do You Already Know the PID Network Project?

July 6th, 2023 | by
Digital fingerprint image

Source: Unsplash

In May, the virtual dialogue platform pid-network.de and the social media channels on Mastodon and Twitter went online to provide information on developments around the topic of persistent identifiers (PID). Behind this is the project PID Network Germany, which was launched in March and which we would like to introduce in our new blog post.

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IAM4NFDI on the Way to the NFDI-Wide Basic Service

June 1st, 2023 | by
Digital fingerprint scan against a blue background

Source: Freepik

On March 31, the first funding decision regarding the basic service financing was made. The consortium meeting unanimously decided to fund the basic service application “Identity and Access Management for the German National Research Data Infrastructure (IAM4NFDI)” through the joint Base4NFDI project. IAM4NFDI is thus the first to take the path to an NFDI-wide basic service.

 

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