International networking and InChI update
Two short news articles are available at the NFDI4Chem webpage. The first one is one the international networking of NFDI4Chem at the ASC Spring Meeting in San Diego, with presentations focussing on using AI as well as how to include RDM in curricular teaching. The second article is on the latest updates on InChI, with the latest prototype inorganic compounds are handled much smoother.
Link to the article of international networking
Link to the article on the latest updates on InChI
Zenodo upload: Legal challenges in RDM:
The slides from a presentation (in German) by Thomas Hartmann with the title "Rechtliche Herausforderung des FDM: Die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse mit Empfehlungen aus 5 Jahren NFDI4Chem" from the E-Science-Tag were added to the Zenodo Community of NFDI4Chem. As we know, legal aspects of RDM can be hard, so I recommend checking it out:
Paper published: Data accessibility in chemical sciences
In the past, I already mentioned that PSDI had published some data on Data accessibility in the chemical sciences: an analysis of recent practices in organic chemistry journals. First, I want to say: You are a researcher? Read the paper! You are a working at a chemistry journal? Read the paper! You are an RDM professional or trainer? Read the article! It is no surprise that there is still a lot to do, it is quite striking to see that it works fine for crystallographic data, where data sharing has a long tradition, but not for NMR or MS data. Check out the full paper here:
Link to the paper with DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.21.70
Interview on BioSimDB published
For me, with a background in molecular dynamics simulations, this interview was quite interesting getting more inside how simulations can be reproducible and how to establish workflow for better data integrity. Well worth reading and checking up on all the provided information.
Link to the interview on the PSDI webpage
New Zenodo uploads
One presentaiton and two reports were uploaded to Zenodo. I highly recommend checking out the slides of the presentation, a true Lord of the Rings meme fest!
The first report is on the results of two community workshops, and the structure of the report is great, with getting the most important information on the first few pages with detailed information later on. One of the results is that "frictionless" workflows are need, which is not new, but we should really start focussing more and more on this aspect to convince researchers of the advantages of good RDM.
The second report is then on how data in supporting information in handled, and how it is possible to get data out of a PDF file in to a JSON format. The report also focusses on two aspects, first, how can we handle data that is already published in SI as PDF and how can we publish SI data better in the future? Take a look!
I can't record it for you, but I can provide you with a Digital Notebook — The daring journey of the pre-requisites and hurdles of Digital Notetaking [Presentation]
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15311863
PSDI DCC Community Workshop Report: Edinburgh and Southampton 2024 [Report]
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15014684
Electronic Supplementary Information Case Study [Report]
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15295742
Outro
That it for today, thanks for reading and see you next week!
Benjamin