Schlagwort: ‘GitLab’
git.nrw – Now Available to All DH.NRW Universities
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We have a reason to celebrate! git.nrw, the central GitLab instance for the universities in the Digital University of North Rhine-Westphalia (DH.NRW), has been available to all DH.NRW universities since August 1, 2026.
In this blog post, we’ll give you an overview of the development of git.nrw, from its inception to where it stands today.
Research Data Management at RWTH Aachen University: An Overview
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Research data management (RDM) is a central topic in modern science that goes far beyond the mere collection and storage of data. It encompasses all processes that are necessary to securely collect, store and analyze data and make it usable in the long term. At RWTH Aachen University, a clear guideline and a structured infrastructure around the data lifecycle for RDM is provided, enabling researchers to manage their data sustainably and follow the principles of good scientific practice.
Coscine – How Is the RDM Platform Actually Structured?
Source: Coscine
Researchers face the daily challenge of efficiently managing and accessing large amounts of data. Nowadays, data management goes beyond simple storage. According to the FAIR principles, research data should be easy to find (Findable), accessible (Accessible), interoperable (Interoperable) and reusable (Reusable). This is exactly where Coscine (Collaborative Scientific Integration Environment) comes in – a platform that supports researchers throughout the data lifecycle.
But what exactly does that mean? Let’s take a look at the structure of Coscine and explain step by step how the platform for research data management (RDM) works.
Changeover Within the GitLab Login Process
Source: GitLab
On May 3, 2023, the login process for our GitLab instances (git.rwth-aachen.de and git-ce.rwth-aachen.de) will be updated as part of a necessary maintenance.
However, in order to be able to log in to the GitLab instances of the RWTH after the maintenance, the primary e-mail address stored in GitLab must match the contact e-mail address in the Identity Management of the RWTH. Otherwise, if the e-mail addresses are different, you may get a login error after the system changeover.
The IT Center Picture Puzzle: Systems and Operation Department
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#MeetMeWednesday: Recently we had another picture puzzle in store for you. In this puzzle, we were looking for the keyword for the Systems and Operation department. Could you guess it?
The word we were looking for was “gearwheel”. Georg Schramm, head of the department, tells us what it means and how this key word represents the department.
FAIR-Data Spaces – How does locally stored data get into the cloud-based data space?
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On our FDM blog, we recently shared news about Gaia-X and FAIR-Data Spaces. FAIR-Data Spaces is a cloud-based data space for science and business, made possible and developed with the help of collaboration between Gaia-X and the NFDI.
The project
- designs the roadmap for collaboration between the two initiatives,
- clarifies ethical and legal frameworks for data exchange between science and industry,
- develops common technical principles
- and demonstrates the use of Gaia-X technologies for making research data available and usable along FAIR principles in different scientific disciplines and industries.
But how does local data get into the cloud-based data space? To show this data space from a user perspective, we would like to explain the process steps and the technical background in more detail.
Nice to Know: The First Steps in GitLab at RWTH Aachen
GitLab at the RWTH? No problem. With two instances and in compliance with the license terms, you can create versioned software projects.
Source: git.rwth-aachen.de
GitLab is a version management system that allows you to version software and web projects. Developers can store and document versions of their code here. You can then organize, host, and manage them in digital archives. This is why GitLab is often referred to as a Version Control System, or VCS for short.
