Speakers
Description
At GEOMAR, a multidisciplinary research centre, a large number of
heterogeneous biological and geological samples need to be managed:
Among other requirements, their metadata and data need to be stored in
a FAIR way, their provenance information as well as their physical
location in the sample storage need to be available, and scientists
need to be supported in organizing their sample management and
providing sample metadata in a standardized format to data portals
like Marine Data where samples from different sources are searchable .
We present how GEOMAR's sample metadata schema is implemented in two
instances of the research data management system LinkAhead. The
workflow from (pre-)registration of samples prior to a sampling over
updates of samples and storage information to export of metadata for
publication is realized in the form of server-side scripts that can be
accessed by scientists without any programming background from
LinkAhead's web user interface. We show how exporting and updating
information of multiple samples is handled by down- and uploading csv
files, respectively. We also present how extensions of the datamodel
that can be done by curators within the web user interface are
automatically reflected in the LinkAhead crawler responsible for the
upload of sample information.
In addition, please add 3 to 5 keywords.
Sample Management, Open Source,
| Please assign yourself (presenting author) to one of the following groups. | Data professionals who provide and maintain data infrastructure |
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| For whom will your contribution be of most interest? | Researchers |
