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Empowering Science through #FAIR #Metadata at #Helmholtz and beyond Imprint: helmholtz-metadaten.de/imprint Web: helmholtz-metadaten.de LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/helmholtz-metadata-collaboration-hmc Mastodon: helmholtz.social/@helmholtz_hmc
Don’t miss our next #HMC Open Office Hour!
Talk directly to metadata experts and get tailored advice. Participation is free and open to everyone.
📅 When: 05/03/2026
🔗 Registration: helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-o...
We look forward to welcoming you!
#HMC_OpenOffice #Metadata #Helmholtz
HMC survey results published
HMC survey results published
Did you know most @helmholtz.de data professionals enrich #data or #software with #metadata?
Discover more insights!
Dashboard: 2024.dashboard.survey.helmholtz-metadaten.de 📊
Report: doi.org/10.3289/HMC_... 📔
#HMCsurvey #FAIRData #RDM #HMCrocks
#HMCConference2026
🎉 Registration is now open for #HMCConference2026
Join us 28–30 April 2026 in Heidelberg for keynotes, talks, and interactive sessions around #metadata & #FAIRdata.
Registration will be open until 10 April 2026.
Register here: events.geomar.de/e/HMC-Confer...
#HMC2026
Report of 3rd Helmholtz Research Data Commons Forum now available 📋
It captures practical insights on sample handling, metadata challenges + FAIR data in action. We were glad to co-organize the forum and contribute to the report with the @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
You can view the full entry here: emglossary.helmholtz-metadaten.de/term/em-foca...
#EMGlossary
#EMGlossary #WordOfTheWeek
EM Glossary #WordOfTheWeek
Focal Point: Point which is defined by the intersection of the optical axis and the backwards extrapolated path of a ray that (1) is tending towards infinity, (2) was parallel to the optical axis in the Incident Beam, and (3) that was deflected by an electron lens.
#WordOfTheWeek #EMGlossary
EM Glossary #WordOfTheWeek
Tilt Correction: An imaging setting which can be used during acquisition to correct perspective distortion when imaging a tilted surface or cross section.
You can view the full entry here: emglossary.helmholtz-metadaten.de/term/em-tilt...
#EMGlossary
Reminder: Don’t miss TODAY's #HMC Open Office Hour!
Talk directly to #metadata experts & get tailored advice. Participation is free & open to everyone.
📅 When: 19/02/2026
🔗 Registration: helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-o...
#HMC_OpenOffice
@helmholtz.de @kit.edu @fzj-jsc.bsky.social
Workshop update for #HMCConference2026
Pre-Conference Workshop update for #HMCConference2026
12 topics | 24 hours of interactive sessions | up to 6 parallel workshops.
Workshop descriptions are now online, while the schedule is being finalised: ➡️ events.geomar.de/event/884/pa...
Registration opens next week – stay tuned!
#HMC2026
#EMGlossary #WordOfTheWeek
EM Glossary #WordOfTheWeek
Bragg Diffraction: Diffraction which follows Bragg's Law.
You can view the full entry here: emglossary.helmholtz-metadaten.de/term/em-brag...
#EMGlossary
This is exactly what we focus on at today’s #HMC_FAIRfriday with the #HMCproject ELN-DIY-Meta at 10:00 CET:
How ELN-driven #metadata #interoperability enables sustainable data #reuse across systems and research contexts.
Hurry to sign up before 9:45 CET:
👉 helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-f...
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 5: Reuse it FAIR #LoveData26 is coming to an end – but there is no “end” with #FAIRdata. Interoperability is the foundation of data reuse and enables data to move across systems, contexts, and research domains.
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 5: Reuse it FAIR
#LoveData26 is coming to an end – but there is no “end” with #FAIRdata.
Interoperability is the foundation of data reuse and enables data to move across systems, contexts, and research domains.
🎥 Want to understand Creative Commons (#CC) licences better?
Our #HMC_FAIRfriday talk with Till Kreutzer (irightsinfo.bsky.social) is now available via the TIB AV-Portal – open, free, and reusable anytime.
#LoveData26 #FAIRdata #Licensing
@icpsr.bsky.social @forschungsdaten.info
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 4: Sustain it FAIR Sustainable data needs clear reuse conditions. Licensing is not an afterthought – it’s essential for FAIR data.
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 4: Sustain it FAIR
Sustainable data needs clear reuse conditions.
Licensing is not an afterthought – it’s essential for FAIR data.
One example:
Our #HMC EM Glossary explorer, a community-driven initiative to harmonise terminology in electron microscopy #EM and improve semantic interoperability of EM data.
👉 emglossary.helmholtz-metadaten.de
#LoveData26
@fairmat.bsky.social icpsr.bsky.social forschungsdaten.info
FAIR data is a team effort: Collaboration, shared practices, strong communities are essential to making research data interoperable+reusable across disciplines.
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 3: Connect it FAIR
FAIR data's a team effort:
Collaboration, shared practices, strong communities are essential to making research data interoperable+reusable across disciplines.
At HMC, we connect people, infrastructures & expertise to move #FAIRdata forward – together.
📢 Keynote reveal: We’re excited to announce Prof. Dr. Oliver Stegle as a keynote speaker at HMC Conference 2026 – Metadata in Action!
📢 3rd Keynote reveal!
We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Oliver Stegle as keynote speaker at #HMCConference2026
Director & Co-Spokesperson of #GHGA, @oliverstegle.bsky.social advances secure, #FAIR infrastructures for data-driven biomedical research. 🧬
steglelab.bsky.social ghga.bsky.social
Supporting researchers in navigating this landscape is a core part of HMC’s mission.
Need support with metadata, standards, or FAIR questions?
Then contact us:
📮 helpdesk@helmholtz-metadaten.de
➡️ helmholtz-metadaten.de/hmc-open-off...
#LoveData26 @forschungsdaten.info @icpsr.bsky.social
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 2: Describe it #FAIR
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 2: Describe it #FAIR
Metadata is key to answering the question: Where’s the data – and what does it mean?
Clear documentation, standardised metadata, and shared vocabularies ensure that research data can be found, understood, and reused across disciplines and over time.
#EMGlossary #WordOfTheWeek
EM Glossary #WordOfTheWeek
Electron Diffraction: Diffraction which is based on a propagating electron wave.
You can view the full entry here: emglossary.helmholtz-metadaten.de/term/em-elec...
#EMGlossary
To kick off #LoveData26, we, #DAPHNE4NFDI & @fairmat.bsky.social, are hosting an interactive workshop on Challenges in Data Reusability. Participants will explore practical strategies for making research data reusable from day 1: events.hifis.net/event/3276
@icpsr.bsky.social @forschungsdaten.info
💙 Love Data Week 2026 | Day 1: Create it FAIR Where’s the data? Ideally, already FAIR from the start. Reusability is not something that can be “fixed” at the end of a project. It begins with good documentation, meaningful metadata, and clear licensing decisions made early in the research process.
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 | Day 1 - Create it FAIR
Reusable data doesn’t happen by accident.
Today, we focus on why #FAIR thinking needs to start at the very beginning of the research process – and how documentation, metadata, and licensing make data ready for reuse.
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 - Just around the corner
💙 #LoveDataWeek 2026 - Just around the corner
Next week, we’ll share daily insights on #FAIRdata with a focus on the research data lifecycle – from creation to reuse.
Follow along as we explore how #FAIR principles help answer the question: Where’s the data?
#LoveData26
@icpsr.bsky.social
By the way: this time our #FAIRFriday is taking place as part of the #LoveDataWeek 2026:
💙 International #LoveData26 programme:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/icpsr/...
💙 German #LoveData26 programme:
forschungsdaten.info/fdm-im-deuts...
@icpsr.bsky.social @forschungsdaten.info @nfdi.de
HMC FAIR Friday – 1 week to go!
Join our next #HMC_FAIRfriday on Electronic Lab Notebook interoperability. The #HMCproject ELN-DIY-Meta will present ELNdataBridge, a solution enabling metadata exchange between discipline-specific ELNs.
📅 13/02/2026, Online
🔗 helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-f...
Reminder: Don’t miss TODAY's #HMC Open Office Hour!
Talk directly to #metadata experts & get tailored advice. Participation is free & open to everyone.
📅 When: 05/02/2026
🔗 Registration: helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-o...
#HMC_OpenOffice
@dkfz.bsky.social @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social
A small behind-the-scenes moment: part of our team is currently in Heidelberg, getting to know the venue and the city a bit better.
Looking forward to welcoming you here in April!
#HMCConference2026 #HMC2026
👉 More projects from our 2025 HMC project call will be presented on our website soon!
#PID #PIDINST #HMCproject
INSTRUGRAM, one of our 2025 funded #HMC projects, kicked off 2 weeks ago in Hamburg.
INSTRUGRAM, one of our 2025 funded #HMC projects, kicked off 2 weeks ago in Hamburg.
The projects aims to make registering scientific instruments in metadata systems easier and more consistent by providing PIDINST-based templates and a modular tool for creating #FAIR and interoperable #metadata.
🎉 Submission deadline closed!
Thank you for the strong interest and the many contributions to #HMCConference2026.
Reviews are underway and more news + updates will follow soon – stay tuned!
#HMC2026