The GeoDataNode project aims to sustainably optimize data management at the GFZ. Over a period of two years, the BMBF-funded project will support the implementation of the guidelines on research data management recently adopted by the GFZ. These guidelines are based on the FAIR principles, which are intended to ensure better findability (Findable), accessibility (Accessible), interoperability (Interoperable) and reusability (Reusable) of data. The project builds on the expertise and experience of various research groups and scientific programs, including the “Library and Information Services”, which operates a central database and supports GFZ scientists in data publication, as well as established working groups with advanced data management such as GEOFON and the Geophysical Instrument Pool Potsdam (GIPP).

Time frame

• 01.10.2017 – 30.09.2019

Funding Agency

• The GeoDataNode Project is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) under the grant 16FDM026: Ausbau eines fachspezifischen Knotenpunkts in einer Nationalen Dateninfrastruktur ‐ geo_data_node_gfz (Build‐up of a Disciplinary Node in a National Data Infrastructure).

Personell

• Roland Bertelmann, Kirsten Elger (GFZ LIS)
• Christian Haberland (GIPP)
• Angelo Strollo (GEOFON)

Publications and Outcomes

• Data Management Roadmap
• Data Management Recommendations
• Radosavljevic, B., Elger, K., Bertelmann, R., Haberland, C., Hemmleb, S., Munoz, G., Quinteros, J., & Strollo, A. (2019). Report on the Survey of Digital Data Management Practices at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. Scientific Technical Report STR; 19/02. https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.B103-19029
• Radosavljevic, B., Quinteros, J., Bertelmann, R., Hemmleb, S., Elger, K., Haberland, C., Muñoz, G., & Strollo, A. (2019). Survey of Digital Data Management Practices at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.LIS.2019.001