News Digest – RDM in Natural Science: Week 10, 2026
Welcome to the News Digest – RDM in Natural Science. Each week, I explore the latest developments in research data management, focusing specifically on natural sciences, and provide a concise overview. So, let us dive right in.
eLabFTW
Recording of Community Meeting: Take a look into version v.5.4.X
You hadn’t had a chance to check out the latest version of eLabFTW? Then take a look at the released recording of the last eLabFTW Community Meeting, where the changes in version v.5.4.X were shown. In the last part of the recording, the eLabFTW team is presenting an idea for a redesign of the user interface. If you are using eLabFTW in your work, make sure to check this out and provide some feedback to the developers.
NFDI4Cat
What’s new with LinkML? Recording of LinkML Community Call available
The recording of the LinkML community call of February was uploaded to YouTube. In the recording you can find latest information about LinkML by Corey Cox, the LinkML Governance by Nico Matentzoglu as well as a talk by David Linke about moving LinkML from a to a template. It is a really nice talk and if you would like to know more, I highly recommend it, just check out the video bellow.
PSDI
The way to a
A recently published poster by Nicola Knight et al. is taken in closer look at the work of PSDI towards a sustainable data practices and enabling a cultural change in the way data is handled. PSDI is offering a broad range of services and tools to support their researchers as well as involve the community in the process of change. Learn more about their effort by checking out the poster.
Link to poster in Zenodo with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18850326
Software
NFDI4Chem
ComPlat/chemotion_REPO: Chemotion Repository 2.6.0
Link to release notes in GitHub
Link to software in Zenodo with DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18887053
The FAIR Elephant
Looking forward to the coming week. I will give a workshop for the RTG 3040 COIN. I always enjoy preparing workshops for specific research groups, which allows me to fit the content and exercises of the works closer to the needs and interest of the participants. This time the challenge is to make an interesting workshop for polymer chemistry & computer scientist, with examples from both scientific fields.
Do you want a workshop that is fitted to your daily research questions? Contact me and I am sure we will find the right solution for you.
Outro
That is it for today. Thanks for reading, and see you next week.
Benjamin
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