2024-07-12

In June 2024, our Service Steward for PID4NFDI, Jana Tatscheck, visited the PIDfest in Prague at the Czech National Library of Technology (NTK), along with the PID4NFDI team. 

PIDfest is a newly established international conference series solely dedicated to persistent identifiers (PIDs), their usage, further development and community networking. This year it was hosted for three days by i.a., NTK and the ARDC (Australian Research Data Commons) and was the first of many PIDfests to come.

As PIDs are a working example of all FAIR principles, they are a vital piece of infrastructure and crucial for its implementation in Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science. In addition to the persistence, PIDs' rich metadata are yet to be discovered and require more attention and awareness in the future.

The PID4NFDI team presented their project in context of the German national PID strategy pursued by the PID Network Deutschland e.V.  and discussed their ideas in multiple unconference sessions. Base4NFDI gladly expanded their knowledge about PIDs and network with other national initiatives beyond the NFDI. Base4NFDI was also happy to support our basic service teams on site and enjoyed the first in-person meeting with the team to discuss the current project and strengthen the team work. 

PIDfest, see you next time! 

Impressions from the NTK's roof over the city (top) and the NTK's interior (bottom).

2024-07-11

Base4NFDI is delighted to announce its International Advisory Board (IAB) is now in place. The board reviews the overall status of Base4NFDI and gives recommendations for the development and strategic operation. Internationalisation of the future Base services and interoperability within the Open Science landscape are some of the key objectives of Base4NFD, and the initiative has a dedicated set of activities to define and promote our services and outputs beyond national borders.

The world-renowned experts coming together in the IAB represent research commons and national data infrastructures, and bring a wealth of knowledge around critical issues such as EOSC and international interoperability. Carole Goble (University of Manchester), Hilary Hanahoe (Research Data Alliance), Rosie Hicks (Australian Research Data Commons), Klaus Tochtermann (Leibniz Information Centre for Economics), and Mark van de Sanden (SURF Data Preservation Services) have kindly agreed to be member of the IAB to provide strategic advice to Base4NFDI on status and development of our project.

The IAB has already initiated important conversations around strategic and technical interoperability, critical international networking, and building effective services. Base4NFDI is proud to have such an impressive group of experts operate as the IAB and we are very much looking forward to their valuable input and our future collaboration! 

2024-06-18

We would like to remind you of the Call for Incubator Projects for the IAM4NFDI Project. There’s still time until June 30th, 2024 to submit your ideas. Please note the information below for further details about the process.

The IAM4NFDI team is looking forward to your ideas!

~ German version below ~

Do you have an AAI-specific use case that you need support to implement? Then this is your chance.

As part of the IAM4NFDI project, we have planned so-called incubator cycles in order to be able to react flexibly to the wishes of future users. With the incubator cycles you have the opportunity to bring in your ideas and needs for the NFDI-AAI and, thus, help shape its development.
The second incubator cycle starts on August 1st, 2024 and we hereby call for applications. Please note the submission deadline is June 30, 2024. We look forward to your feedback and suggestions!

What do you have to do?

1. Please look at the attached description of the process. (See IncubatorProcess2(eng))
2. Completely fill out the attached template (See Incubator-Template), describe your incubator project idea and send it to us by mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
   
3. Present your idea to the Main Incubator Board (MIB) on July 11th (details to follow) in 5 minutes and answer any remaining questions. Please send us the presentation afterwards.
4. Your support and participation in the implementation of the incubator cycle is essential – please, plan for this and ensure that you can contribute during the period before submitting your idea.

Please also have a look at our website if you have any further questions about the IAM4NFDI project.
We check all submissions and, if necessary, reserve them for following incubator cycles. The selection of incubator projects is made in consultation with Base4NFDI and depending on our available capacities.

If you have already submitted an idea in the first cycle and received feedback that you have been earmarked for the second round, you do not have to submit your idea again - if it has not changed.

We will let you know by July 31, 2024, whether your incubator project idea can be implemented in the next cycle.

Best regards,

The IAM4NFDI project team

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Im Rahmen des Projekts IAM4NFDI haben wir sogenannte Inkubator-Zyklen eingeplant, um flexibel auf die Wünsche der zukünftigen User_innen reagieren zu können. Über die Inkubator-Zyklen habt ihr die Möglichkeit, eure Vorstellungen und Bedürfnisse an der NFDI-AAI in das Projekt einzubringen und die Entwicklung dieser somit mitzugestalten.
Der zweite Inkubator-Zyklus startet am 01.08.2024 und wir rufen hiermit zur Bewerbung dafür auf. Bitte beachtet die Einreichungsfrist bis zum 30.06.2024. Wir freuen uns auf eure Rückmeldungen und Vorschläge!

Was müsst ihr tun?

1. Bitte schaut euch die angehängte Beschreibung des Prozesses an. (Siehe InkubatorProzess2)
2. Füllt das angehängte Template (Siehe Incubator-Template) vollständig (auf deutsch oder englisch) aus, beschreibt in diesem eure Inkubator-Projektidee und schickt es uns per Mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. zu.
3. Präsentiert eure Idee in 5 Minuten vor dem Main Incubator Board (MIB) am 11. Juli (Details folgen) und beantwortet noch offene Fragen. Die Präsentation lasst ihr uns im Nachgang zukommen.
4. Eure Unterstützung und euer Mitwirken bei der Umsetzung des Inkubator-Zyklus ist wesentlich – bitte plant das ein und stellt sicher, dass ihr in dem Zeitraum mitwirken könnt, bevor ihr eure Idee einreicht.

Schaut auch gerne auf unsere Webseite, wenn ihr noch weitere Fragen zum Projekt IAM4NFDI habt.
Wir prüfen alle Einreichungen und merken sie ggf. auch für folgende Inkubator-Zyklen vor. Die Auswahl der Inkubator-Projekte erfolgt in Rücksprache mit Base4NFDI und in Abhängigkeit von unseren verfügbaren Kapazitäten.

Wenn ihr im ersten Zyklus schon eine Idee eingereicht und die Rückmeldung bekommen habt, dass ihr für die zweite Runde vorgemerkt seid, müsst ihr eure Idee – wenn diese sich nicht verändert hat - nicht erneut einreichen.

Ob eure Inkubator-Projektidee im nächsten Zyklus umgesetzt werden kann, teilen wir euch bis zum 31. Juli 2024 mit.

Viele Grüße

IAM4NFDI-Pojektteam