NFDI4Earth strengthens cooperation with re3data through MoU

Following fruitful discussions and collaborations over the last few years, NFDI4Earth signed an MoU with the registry of research repositories (re3data).

By providing a sustainable service for curated repository information, re3data plays an essential role in NFDI4Earth. In NFDI4Earth, we investigated a comprehensive landscape analysis of Earth System Sciences (ESS) repositories. We used this as an initial step to engage with national repository providers to create, update, or improve their re3data records, receiving close support from the re3data team and sharpening our general update strategy with re3data.

Taking the results to improve the NFDI4Earth-developed Knowledge Hub service, we implemented a pipeline that regularly harvests re3data. The following steps include discussions on specific ESS requirements on repository information and their relevance for the multidisciplinary re3data community.

Both initiatives agreed to collaborate on developing metadata schemas that meet the Earth System Sciences community’s requirements and join forces in updating and maintaining metadata for Earth System Sciences repositories.

We look forward to intensifying our collaboration with re3data in NFDI4Earth and relevant NFDI working groups.

Claudia Müller (AWI), Jonas Grieb (Senckenberg), Christin Henzen (TU Dresden)