13th Base4NFDI Newsletter - August 2026

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2026-08-04

Welcome to the 13th Base4NFDI newsletter!
Every two months we will share the latest updates about upcoming Base-relevant events and presentations, insights into the basic service development, and notify you about interesting resources to keep you informed and inspired. 
Thank you for your support this year and being part of our community. 

Brief updates from the basic services

  • IAM4NFDI
    • All three project proposals are now available on Zenodo: Initialisation Phase, Integration Phase and Ramp-up Phase.
    • The following incubators are completed: Best practice AAI for BERD Data Portal, Forum 4 MICA and File Transfer Service FTS.
    • A new incubator project is in progress: NFDI-MatWerk Community Membership – Single Sign-on and Community Management with RegApp.
    • Join the monthly IAM4NFDI Sprint Demos, every month on its third Thursday, 9.00 - 10.30 am, Registration.
  • TS4NFDI
    • The team’s basic service proposal has been accepted for funding of the Ramp-up phase following the Consortia Assembly’s decision. The Ramp-up phase will start in January 2027.
  • PID4NFDI
    • The complete documentation and resources of the hands-on workshop on querying DOI metadata via the DataCite-API are now available via Zenodo.
    • Explore the new DataCite Linked Data resources, providing a persistent namespace and machine-readable representations of DataCite metadata terms to support semantic interoperability, mappings, and reuse. Access the resources here.
    • The NFDITalk: Introduction to PID4NFDI service components is now available on Youtube.
    • PID4NFDI invites you to their next virtual Open Hour which will take place on September 7 at 11:00 AM CEST. This session will focus on Data Type Registries (DTR) and how incorporating Data Typing as a Service—linked with initiatives like FAIRCORE4EOSC—helps standardise data types and enhance interoperability across NFDI repositories. You can find the access link here.
  • KGI4NFDI
    • The service started their Integration phase on August 1, 2026.
  • DMP4NFDI
    • More than 1000 DMPs in DMP4NFDI hosted RDMO clients.
    • 4 new Incubator Projects started in July:
      • Service Integration: The Incubator with RADAR, RADAR4Chem and RADAR4Culture aims to improve the integration of RDMO and the RADAR research data repository within the NFDI context
      • Template Development: NFDI4Chem as well as NFDI4ING are going to improve their DMP templates in order to enhance the standardisation and interoperability.
      • Training & Outreach: The incubator with NFDI4Health will help develop a training/tutorial for using the "Research Data Management Plan – Epidemiological studies" template while also providing an overview of DMPs and their relevance.
    • For more information, updates, and results of ongoing or completed incubators, please visit the Incubator Dashboard
    • New publication “Towards a common SMP for NFDI” is available on Zenodo.
  • Jupyter4NFDI
    • Jupyter4NFDI is now providing GPU resources.
    • Jupyter4NFDI provides a REST API to programmatically start and stop Jupyter servers. This allows you to integrate JupyterLab into automated workflows, scripts, or external applications.
  • RDMTraining4NFDI
    • The service team is back and started their Integration phase on August 1, 2026.
    • Save the Date for the RDMTraining4NFDI – Stakeholder Meeting Certification (1st Pilot-Phase & Experts) on November 6, 2026 (alternative slot: November 20, 2026) from 10am - 1 pm. Key topics, poll, link, and details will be announced soon.
  • Accounting4NFDI
    • Accounting4NFDI submitted their Integration Proposal on 22 July.
    • Accounting4NFDI is currently gathering feedback on the community’s needs. If you want to get in touch with the team about requirements in your consortium, please get in contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
    • In the Demo Session on 28 July, Accounting4NFDI presented their project’s motivation and showcased their initial prototype. If you missed the Demo, you can have a closer look into the slides on our events website.

Updates from base4NFDI

  • The 12th submission round was closed and Base4NFI received one proposal from Accounting4NFDI for the Integration phase. 
  • Base4NFDI is finally part of the Fediverse. There we’ll post updates about Base4NFDI, our Basic Services, community events, and news from our framework. Follow us on https://nfdi.social/@base4nfdi and maybe leave us some nice welcome comments.
  •  Base4NFDI has launched the Service Support Track (SST), offering lightweight, targeted support for basic services through small to medium interventions such as workshops, external expertise, or travel. Support requests are based on the newly published Service Readiness Levels (SRL), a nine-level framework for assessing service maturity, together with a self-assessment template.
  • The next Fireside Chat will feature Federico Cetrangolo from LA Referencia on 13 October 2026, 15 - 15:45 CEST. You can register for the event here.
  • The Fireside Chat Interview with Rosie Hicks is now available on Youtube.

If you have any questions, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

Base4NFDI Birthday Campaign - July 2026

Banner Base4NFDI Birthday Campaign July

2026-07-30

In July we informed about another of our basic services: Terminology Services 4 NFDI (TS4NFDI). In the summary below you will see what the team has been working on, what is usable already, and where you can find further resources and materials.

TS4NFDI Community Support

Firstly, we would like to highlight the fantastic news that the submission for the TS4NFDI Ramp-Up Phase has been approved by the Consortia Assembly. The service will enter the final phase of the Base4NFDI framework at the start of 2027.
During the Ramp-Up Phase, TS4NFDI will focus on establishing sustainable operational models and integrating its services into the long-term NFDI service portfolio. Activities include consolidating support, maintenance, monitoring, and analytics, while expanding terminology coverage and quality. The project will further promote integration into downstream services, engage with user communities through workshops and events, gather feedback for continuous improvement, and provide training resources.

At the moment, TS4NFDI is in their Integration Phase, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The goal of the Integration Phase is to further develop the service into a mature and functional solution that will have been adopted by an initial group of organisations and institutions for their day-to-day operations. TS4NFDI has made significant progress from concept to practical implementation and already provides a range of usable components, documentation, and community resources that support terminology management across the NFDI. 

The increasing adoption of the service within NFDI is demonstrated through its incubator programme. Numerous incubator projects are already completed or currently in progress, supporting the integration of TS4NFDI into services and infrastructures from different consortia. A recent example is the successful integration of TS4NFDI into the RADAR repository and its disciplinary services such as RADAR4Chem, RADAR4Culture, and RADAR4Memory. Researchers can now use standardised terms of terminologies directly when describing datasets, resulting in more consistent metadata and improved interoperability and reusability. The ongoing incubator programme continues to increase the use of terminology services and their features across the NFDI landscape.  

Another important element of TS4NFDI is its community engagement. As you can see in their event calendar, the project regularly organises and participates in workshops, conference sessions, hackathons, and training events that introduce researchers and developers to terminology services and their practical application. These events not only promote awareness of the service but also provide valuable opportunities to collect user feedback and foster collaboration with NFDI consortia. Together with the publicly available documentation, publications, and incubator programme (see above), these activities have helped establish a growing user community and contribute to the increasing dissemination of TS4NFDI throughout the NFDI ecosystem.

Teaser picture Base4NFDI Birthday Campaign about TS4NFDI Community Engagement

TS4NFDI Service Portal

TS4NFDI has made significant progress in establishing a comprehensive terminology service network for the NFDI, with several core components already available to users. The service provides a central Service Portal that offers access to the widgets of the Terminology Service Suite (TSS), an centralised API Gateway, a NFDI-wide Mapping Service, and an overview of all available Terminology Collections (set of terminologies that were created for a specific purpose or context). Together, these components enable researchers and service providers to discover, harmonise, map, and integrate terminologies across disciplines while facilitating the seamless integration of terminology functionalities into third-party applications .

As an important part of its technical infrastructure, TS4NFDI also offers a broad range of supporting resources. Comprehensive documentation is available for all major service components, including the overall architecture, the Service Portal, the TSS, the Mapping Service, and the API Gateway. Developers can access detailed implementation guidance, API documentation, and widget descriptions, making it easier to integrate TS4NFDI functionalities into existing services. In addition, the project maintains a growing collection of publications, presentations, and software resources that document both the scientific background and practical implementation of the service.

To familiarise yourselves with TS4NFDI and its offers, we recommend you watch the following videos:

We hope you enjoy the videos and testing of the offers TS4NFDI already made available to this point. For feedback, questions, or ideas to collaborate, do not hesitate to reach out to the team directly using their contact form.

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Base4NFDI is now on Mastodon

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2026-07-27

We have good news to share: Base4NFDI is finally part of the Fediverse. 

There we'll share:
- Updates on our basic services
- Community events and workshops
- Insights from our framework
- News about publication and further materials

Follow us on https://nfdi.social/@base4nfdi and maybe leave us some nice welcome comments.

We're looking forward to connecting with researchers, infrastructure providers, and everyone interested in research data management and Open Science.

Call for Contributions UC4B2026: Deadline is extended

CfC UC4B 2026 Extension

2026-07-22

Great news! We extend the deadline for submissions for our 3rd Base4NFDI User Conference! 
We warmly invite you to contribute to the conference. Please submit your abstract until July 29, 2026.

The comprehensive Call for Contributions can be found here: https://events.gwdg.de/event/1337/abstracts/

At least one author per accepted contribution is expected to attend in person.

Join us to shape the next generation of Base4NFDI services and connect with experts advancing research data infrastructures across disciplines. 

Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Conference Website: https://events.gwdg.de/event/1337/overview

Base4NFDI Demo Session: Accounting4NFDI

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2026-07-14

We are excited to continue our Base4NFDI Demo Session series!

These sessions showcase our basic services live, giving you a hands-on view of specific tools, highlighting practical workflows, and allowing direct interaction with the developers.

Next Session:

Accounting4NFDI – Demo Session

Tuesday, 28 July 2026
1:30–2:30 PM CEST

For researchers, infrastructure providers, service operators, developers, consortium coordinators, and everyone interested in resource accounting and monitoring within the NFDI.

About Accounting4NFDI

Accounting4NFDI aims to develop a federated accounting framework for collecting, attributing and reporting resource usage across the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). The project builds on existing expertise and tools from national and European initiatives while analysing standards and protocols for resource accounting.

What to expect

Join the Accounting4NFDI team to learn more about the project's motivation and vision, gain first insights from the ongoing requirements analysis, explore existing accounting solutions, and get a first look at the initial prototype.

The session is intended as an open exchange with the community to discuss requirements, existing approaches, and future directions for federated resource accounting within the NFDI.

More information & registration: BASE4NFDI Event Page

Direct Zoom registration: Base4NFDI Demo Session: Accounting4NFDI

The event will be recorded and will be available here.