The first version of the CEPLAS data policy was adopted by the steering committee on February 23rd, 2024. It supports CEPLAS researchers with FAIR data management. We are happy that CEPLAS data management builds on the cooperation with DataPLANT. Research data is organized in form of Annotated Research Contexts (ARCs) that are stored and shared via the PlantDataHub.
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+ +On May 7-8 communicators from various NFDI consortia met at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig. We talked about science communication and Wikidata on the first day. Topic of the second day was the challenge of a NFDI wide communications strategie and how best to implement it.
+ +DataPLANT connected with other consortia from the Geo-Chem-Lifesciences field in Bremen on May 27-28. We discussed helpdesks models and support structures to connect and share experiences. Furthermore, a workflow for future collaborations was developed. Thank you to NFDI4Biodiversity for hosting and to NFDI4BIOIMAGE, NFDI4Chem, NFDI4Earth, NFDI4Health, NFDI4Microbiota and FairAgro for the intensive and productive meeting. We look forward to collaborating more closely in the future.
+ +On June 4-5 the NFDI Management circle met in Freiburg. We discussed workflows and collaborations within the NFDI as well as between and within our consortia. NFDIMatwerk organized the event. DataPLANT was involved in a slot about the DFG data sheet. We used Mentimeter to get feedback from our fellow coordinators on the dos and donts of collecting feedback from partner institutions.
+ +In the beginning of June we had a lively discussion on the current status of development in Virtual Infrastructure ontop of OpenStack and options for tighter collaborations between NFDI consortia following the Management Circle meeting of the NFDI in Freiburg. The exchange focused on the status of Open Source VDI development in Task Area 6 lead by Freiburg and how to proceed in the near future. The actual development in the VDI is primarily advanced in four aspects:
+Additionally, long-term resource scheduling mechanisms are being established within the OpenStack framework to cater to the substantial demands of large-scale interactive remote desktop sessions. At the moment, there are significant progressions in aspects 3 and 4, and initial demonstrations are becoming possible. Next steps would include usecases with domain specific VMs in NFDI4BIOIMAGE.
+Furthermore, there will be an exchange on common topics and working areas, and considerations for developing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DataPLANT and NFDI4BIOIMAGE. This includes jointly planned activities for Base4NFDI and the provision of an online training platform based on VDI.
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