Welcome back to the News Digest. I usually bring you the latest in research data management for the natural sciences every week, but I had to take a short detour ... to Cologne Carnival (for the first time)! That's right - while you were busy organizing datasets, I was busy navigating a sea of costumes and confetti. Now that the festivities are over, it is time to catch up on two weeks' worth of news. So let's dive in.
New Zenodo uploads
Nyaml: A Python package that converts YAML to NXDL format and vice versa [Software]
Link to Zenodo publication with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14945423
New Zenodo uploads
In June 2024, a two-day workshop with the title FAIR4ChemNL was held in Utrecht (Netherlands), now an overview of the agenda has been published. So if you are interested in what was discussed and how the event was organized, check the link below.
FAIR4ChemNL - Crossing Borders and Boundaries - Workshop [Conference proceeding]
Link to Zenodo publication with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14958467
New Zenodo uploads
In the past, I already mentioned the 3rd Ontologies4Chem Workshop, which was held in December 2024 (e.g. you can find the recordings of the workshops on the YouTube channel of NFDI4Chem). Now, a very detailed report on the workshop has been published. In addition, a new version of the chemoiton-converter-app has been released, as well as a report on the converter service infrastructure (a deliverable within NFDI4Chem). You can find all three updates following the links below.
Activity Update - Report on 3rd Ontologies4Chem Workshop 2024 [Report]
Link to Zenodo publication with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14978686
ComPlat/chemotion-converter-app: v1.4.0 [Software]
Link to Zenodo publication with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14971916
NFDI4Chem - Deliverable D4.3.2: NFDI4Chem Converter Service Infrastructure [Project deliverable]
Link to Zenodo publication with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14923739
New Zenodo uploads
A poster, which was part of the PSDI Research Data Forum 5-6 March 2025 on ELIXIR and their services and tools, was uploaded and shows where the physical sciences are supported. I want to mention here the portal for training resources in ELIXIR (TeSS), if you are unaware of this collection of training materials, check it out.
ELIXIR and the Physical Sciences: shared tools and services [Poster]
Link to Zenodo publication with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14962111
Latest newsletter
The latest newsletter was published, which you can find, following the link below. It is a great and short overview of what has happened in PUNCH4NFDI and the NFDI in the last few months. So check it out and refresh your memory. I want to highlight that the consortium is offering a helpdesk now, where you can ask all your questions about the tools and services of PUNCH4NFDI (like, Compute4PUNCH or Storage4PUNCH).
New Zenodo uploads
New version of qcd_ml is available.
daknuett/qcd_ml: v0.4.0 [Software]
Link to Zenodo publication with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14946142
That is it with the news, but I want to close with some remarks about myself. As mentioned before, in 2025 I will cooperate with DECHEMA and offer three workshops regarding research data management. The first of these workshops was planned for June, but we decided to move it, to not be too close to other events. The introduction workshop will now be on 03.-04. September (online). The workshop will be in German, you can find more information and the registration here:
Link to workshop page at DECHEMA
On another topic, from 01. to 02. April you can find me in Jena (Germany) at the Fellowship of the Data meeting. I am very much looking forward to a great meeting, and hope to meet some of you. Who will be there?
Link to webpage of The Fellowship of Data
That is it for today. Thanks for reading, and see you next week.
Benjamin