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organized in cooperation with Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) and Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA)
Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata for Health
Please note: This is an on-site course!
HMC and the Max Delbrück Center are excited to offer the course"Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata for Health" as part of the HIDS Data Science course portfolio!
This course is designed for scientists from the scientific discipline Health especially those working with datasets and is an entry-level introduction to the fundamentals of scientific metadata.
In this course we will look at the intricate relationship between (digital) research data, metadata and knowledge, discuss why metadata is critical in today's research, as well as explain some of the technologies and concepts related to structured machine-readable metadata.
So whether you're trying to understand data shared by a collaborator or revisiting your own work months after publication, this course will teach you how to enhance your data by properly annotating it with metadata – because context matters.
Learning Goals
Day 1:
- Understand Data and Metadata
- Understand structure and Schema
Day 2:
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Learn about enabling technologies and standards
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Learn about Web location and Persistent Identifiers
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge needed. To participate in this course, you need to bring your own laptop.
Target Group
This course is targeted at scientific staff and researchers from the Max Delbrück Center and from the Helmholtz Hub Health (PhD students, early-career researchers and Postdocs), who would like to better understand research data annotation with metadata.
Course Day & Time
Jan 15, 2026, 9 am - 2 pm
Jan 16, 2026, 9 am - 2 pm
NOTE: Registration will open Oct 1, 2025, 12 pm.
Attendance & Certificates
The course content is coordinated, so we strongly recommend that you do not miss any part of the course. To receive a certificate we expect full time and active participation.
Registration & Cancellation
This course is open to individuals affiliated with Helmholtz or a HIDA Partner only.
Your registration for this course is binding. If you need to leave/miss the course for a period of time, please let us know in advance via hida-courses@helmholtz.de.
If you have to cancel the course for any reason, please do so as soon as possible to allow time for others to take your seat. To cancel, please withdraw your registration on the course site or write an email to hida-courses@helmholtz.de.
Additional Information
There is no waiting list for this course! If someone withdraws from a course, their place is automatically reopened. We therefore advise you to keep an eye on the registration in case the course is fully booked and you would like to attend. Also, this course will be offered again in the future - you can check our HIDA course catalog for updates.
This course is free of charge.
