Welcome back, today there is quite a lot of news, so let us dive in directly.
RDM in Teaching
For most people working in research data management (RDM), it is clear that the topic of FAIR RDM belongs into the curriculum. In 2021, the GDCh (German Chemical Society) recommended that digital teaching and RDM should be included in chemistry Bachelor’s degree programmes (Link, only in German). But changing or adding something to the curriculum can take sometime. Today I want to point you to the RDM lecture by Till Biskup. In the summer semester, he is giving a whole lecture series regarding research data management at the physical chemistry department at the University of Rostock, and he is also publishing all the slides to his website (slides are in German). I recommend checking out the slides, they are definitely worth checking out. Do you know of other lectures, seminars or else, where RDM found already its way into the curriculum? You are welcome to point them out in the comments!
FAIRmat – Talk of Prof. Dr. Claudia Draxel
A talk by the spokesperson of FAIRmat, Prof. Dr. Claudia Draxel can be watched right now. Which is again a great introduction to the goals and process of FAIRmat, as well as some history of the development of modern research data management. I would like to specifically point you to minute 11:15, where Prof. Dr. Claudia Draxel is talking about how we are doing research right now, and presenting us with different trash bins of modern research. Very interesting, so check it out: https://www.fau.tv/clip/id/52263
NFDI4Chem – Report Consortium Meeting
NFDI4Chem published a report on the last consortium meeting in April. The main topic of the meeting was the proposal for the second funding phase of NFDI4Chem and two aspects were very present: AI and the sustainability of the services developed within NFDI4Chem. You can read more about it here.
NFDI4Chem – Saving time with ELN and Repositories
In three videos (two videos are published right now), different use-cases of how the use of an ELN connected to a repository can speed up the publication of your research data are shown by NFDI4Chem. In the first two cases, the connection between the ELN Chemotion ELN and the Chemotion Repository as well as Chemoiton ELN and RADAR4Chem is shown. You can check out the short videos and read more about it here.
PUNCH4NFDI
In a Hackathon, PUNCH4NFDI connected two services that previously worked fine on its own, but the interaction between them needed some improvement. The services in question are Compute4PUNCH/Storage4PUNCH and REANA. You can read more about the event as well as the services here. It is great to see, that more and more effort is put into connecting services that were developed and optimized in the past few years. To make services sustainable, interoperability is key.
Zenodo uploads:
DAPHNE4NFDI
In the context of the DAPHNE4NFDI TA1 Data for science lecture series, a talk about the practices at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) was given. The preview of one of the PDF files in Zenodo looks a little bit strange (at least for me), so just download it and it is fine.
From data acquisition to open data repositories – 2024 ESRF practices
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11068107
FAIRmat
A new version of the Guide to Legal Aspects in Research Data Management was uploaded, now with interactive links.
FAIRmat Guide to Legal Aspects in Research Data Management
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11083303
NFDI4Cat
As a follow-up to a workshop in November 2023, organized by NFDI4Cat, a white paper about the importance of ontologies and similar tools in catalysis research data was published. I plan to make a dedicated blog post or maybe a video about this white paper in the future. But you should check it out right now.
Ontology-based Data Management and Interoperability: Workflow for Catalysis and Process Research Data
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11082928
NFDI4Chem
A document about the current developments of standards for Minimum Information about Chemical Investigations (MIChI) was published by NFDI4Chem. The goal with MIChI is to have a common understanding of the minimum information that must be given with a given method. In the past, NFDI4Chem already published MIChI for NMR (see here.)
NFDI4Chem – Deliverable D4.1.2: Guidance Document on MIChI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11092786
PUNCH4NFDI
A new version of LatticeQCD/AnalysisToolbox was published by PUNCH4NFDI.
LatticeQCD/AnalysisToolbox: 1.2.0
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11094826
PSDI
How do authors comply with recommended data policies in organic chemistry journals? PSDI has investigated this question and published the data set on Zenodo, check it out yourself and dive into their analysis.
Data accessibility in the chemical sciences: an analysis of recent practice in organic chemistry journals
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11068279
Outro
That was quite a lot of news, and upload to Zenodo last week. Hope you found something that was interesting to you. In case I am missing an important source for news in RDM in natural science, please let me know, so I can add it in the future! As always, thank you for reading and have a good Friday!