Metadata are the key to describing research data and making it reusable. This also makes them a central element in realizing the FAIR principles. Thanks to Coscine, you can automatically link your research data with metadata. Depending on the subject area, subject-specific combinations of metadata have become established, so-called metadata schemas. These are implemented in Coscine as metadata profiles and correspond either to an already established metadata schema (e.g. RADAR) or to an individually created profile of metadata.
Coscine can describe data from different sources with metadata, so that external repositories also meet the requirements of modern research data management. Coscine allows metadata schemas to be defined differently for each data source or resource in order to assign precisely fitting metadata within a project.
In the project Application of Interoperable Metadata Standards (AIMS), funded by DFG (432233186), the IT Center, together with partners from infrastructure and research at RWTH Aachen University and TU Darmstadt, is developing processes and tools for the creation and management of SHCL-based metadata profiles for metadata. As a result of this development, the Metadata Profile Generator is available and enables all Coscine users to create individual and subject-specific metadata profiles.
The AIMS2 extension (DFG funding number 432233186) builds on the existing approach and supplements it with several key areas of focus. These include visual modelling and support for complex, composite profiles. In addition, improvements will be made to the user interface and integration with ELNs and other FDM services will be expanded. New use cases in the fields of physics and materials science will be created, and learning materials, best practices and sample profiles will be provided. Finally, networking in NFDI consortia and international initiatives will be strengthened. While AIMS 1 lays the foundations, AIMS 2 focuses on scaling, integration and practical relevance.
All information about the handling of metadata in Coscine can be found on our documentation.
