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Author: Heike Görzig 

Self-evaluation Photon and Neutron RIs for FAIR data certification

This ExPaNDS project deliverable describes a FAIR self-assessment undertaken by the ten ExPaNDS partner Photon and Neutron Research Infrastructures (PaN RIs) over the three-month period July – September 2022. After reviewing selected examples of existing FAIR evaluation frameworks designed to...

Keywords: FAIR, metadata, expands, European Photon and Neutron facilities , wp2-ExPaNDS

Resource type: Document

Self-evaluation Photon and Neutron RIs for FAIR data certification https://pan-training.eu/materials/self-evaluation-photon-and-neutron-ris-for-fair-data-certification This ExPaNDS project deliverable describes a FAIR self-assessment undertaken by the ten ExPaNDS partner Photon and Neutron Research Infrastructures (PaN RIs) over the three-month period July – September 2022. After reviewing selected examples of existing FAIR evaluation frameworks designed to enable assessment at different levels (dataset, repository, and organisation), the report describes the evaluation approach adopted for the ExPaNDS FAIR self-assessment. As no existing framework met our specific need to focus on FAIR workflows and processes in PaN RIs, it was necessary to select, combine, and adapt existing frameworks. Supported by four underlying guiding principles, our approach drew heavily on the FAIR Principles, the RDA FAIR Data Maturity Model, and FAIRsFAIR’s CoreTrustSeal+FAIRenabling framework. Post-evaluation feedback from ExPaNDS partners indicated that they found the FAIR self-assessment a useful and valuable exercise for understanding current levels of FAIRness at their facilities and for articulating what implementations they have in progress or planned to support FAIR in future. A key output of the ExPaNDS FAIR evaluation is the collected self-assessment reports from the ten partner facilities. These reports are published openly and in full as part of the deliverable. In addition, the self-assessments are supplemented with some high-level observations on the state of the FAIR journey across the ExPaNDS facilities. FAIR, metadata, expands, European Photon and Neutron facilities , wp2-ExPaNDS PaN Community
Final recommendations for FAIR Photon and Neutron Data Management

The present deliverable pursues the work initiated in ExPaNDS deliverable 2.2, which established a common metadata framework for FAIR data generated in Photon and Neutron (PaN) facilities. The modalities of implementation of this framework across facilities are examined and current practices and...

Keywords: expands, wp2-ExPaNDS, FAIR, data management

Resource type: Document

Final recommendations for FAIR Photon and Neutron Data Management https://pan-training.eu/materials/final-recommendations-for-fair-photon-and-neutron-data-management The present deliverable pursues the work initiated in ExPaNDS deliverable 2.2, which established a common metadata framework for FAIR data generated in Photon and Neutron (PaN) facilities. The modalities of implementation of this framework across facilities are examined and current practices and tools for metadata capture, storage and exposure are highlighted. This work is also the occasion to examine the commonalities of the framework with other initiatives developed inside and outside ExPaNDS such as the common search API, the data catalogues (ExPaNDS WP3), the EOSC discovery platforms B2FIND and OpenAire as well as the NeXus data format. It also provides the reader with guidelines on current tools and schemata available to record provenance and digital preservation information. The essence of these discussions is summarised as a list of practical recommendations at the end. expands, wp2-ExPaNDS, FAIR, data management PaN Community
Persistent Identifiers for Facilities Research Workshop

Our workshop on Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) reflected on practices of PIDs used in facilities research, an update on state-of-the art and recent developments about PIDs elsewhere and discussions around the actual and desired levels of PIDs adoption across facilities research lifecycle. You...

Keywords: pid, persistent identifiers, expands, wp2-ExPaNDS

Resource type: video, slides

Persistent Identifiers for Facilities Research Workshop https://pan-training.eu/materials/persistent-identifiers-for-facilities-research-workshop Our workshop on Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) reflected on practices of PIDs used in facilities research, an update on state-of-the art and recent developments about PIDs elsewhere and discussions around the actual and desired levels of PIDs adoption across facilities research lifecycle. You can read our report and view the presentations in the links below. pid, persistent identifiers, expands, wp2-ExPaNDS facility staff
Draft recommendations for FAIR Photon and Neutron Data Management

ExPaNDS WP2 has the objective of Enabling FAIR Data, providing guidelines, recommendation and practical experience to the project and the wider PaN community on the best practise in generating FAIR experimental data for National RIs. In order for the facility to deliver experimental data “FAIR at...

Keywords: FAIR, metadata, expands, experimental lifecycle, wp2-ExPaNDS

Resource type: Document

Draft recommendations for FAIR Photon and Neutron Data Management https://pan-training.eu/materials/draft-recommendations-for-fair-photon-and-neutron-data-management ExPaNDS WP2 has the objective of Enabling FAIR Data, providing guidelines, recommendation and practical experience to the project and the wider PaN community on the best practise in generating FAIR experimental data for National RIs. In order for the facility to deliver experimental data “FAIR at the point of leaving the facility”, the infrastructure systems and procedures involved in the facilities experimental lifecycle should be coordinated to construct and maintain the FAIRness of that data. In particular, at each stage in the experimental lifecycle, metadata and contextual information should be collected (automatically and manually) to form as complete a record as possible of the experiment so that that data can be FAIR. In this report, we give an analysis of the metadata that should be generated and recorded at each stage of the lifecycle and consider its contribution to making that data FAIR. This delivers a prioritization which we use to determine which metadata should be collected. We use that prioritization to make a series of recommendations on the types of metadata that should be collected at each stage. These recommendations give a framework for setting standards for common metadata formats and provide a basis for assessing the FAIRness of data generated by facilities. Further work will develop these draft recommendations into our final recommendations for common metadata formats and use of metadata in practice. FAIR, metadata, expands, experimental lifecycle, wp2-ExPaNDS PaN Community ExPaNDS and PaNOSC project members
ExPaNDS mapping dcat ontology and Nexus

Different communities have developed their terminology and are maintaining their metadata schemata or lists of vocabulary. In order to facilitate sharing of data across communities and allow collaboration between heterogeneous systems, interoperability of these vocabularies is required. In ...

Keywords: expands, ontology, mapping, NeXus, DCAT, semantic integration, wp3-ExPaNDS

Resource type: git, tool

ExPaNDS mapping dcat ontology and Nexus https://pan-training.eu/materials/expands-mapping-dcat-ontology-and-nexus Different communities have developed their terminology and are maintaining their metadata schemata or lists of vocabulary. In order to facilitate sharing of data across communities and allow collaboration between heterogeneous systems, interoperability of these vocabularies is required. In order to increase data interoperability and enable data integration, these vocabularies need to be semantically integrated with other vocabularies and their terms have to be aligned. This enables the development of a common shared vocabulary. expands, ontology, mapping, NeXus, DCAT, semantic integration, wp3-ExPaNDS PaN Community
ExPaNDS NeXusOntology

NeXusOntology: Machine-readable ontology of the NeXus definitions. The published ontology describes the NeXus standard, it does not define the standard. This ontology extracts information about NeXus classes and fields from NeXus nxdl definition files on the NeXus GitHub site. This...

Keywords: NeXus, ontology, expands, wp3-ExPaNDS

Resource type: git, tool

ExPaNDS NeXusOntology https://pan-training.eu/materials/expands-nexusontology-machine-readable-ontology-of-the-nexus-definitions NeXusOntology: Machine-readable ontology of the NeXus definitions. The published ontology describes the NeXus standard, it does not define the standard. This ontology extracts information about NeXus classes and fields from NeXus nxdl definition files on the NeXus GitHub site. This project was undertaken under ExPaNDS WP3.2. The ontology is designed to fulfil several purposes. First, it creates unique identifiers for each of the NeXus fields which would normally exist only within the namespaces of the defining NeXus classes. This is the primary goal and provides PIDs for annotation and tagging. The second purpose is to allow, via separate ontologies, NeXus fields and classes to be mapped onto equivalent or related terms defined elsewhere. Finally, we hope that this ontology, when used with a tool such as Protege, will provide a useful 'NeXus Explorer' tool to gain a quick overview of NeXus with links to official NeXus documentation. NeXus, ontology, expands, wp3-ExPaNDS PaN Community
ExPaNDS Photon and Neutron Experimental Techniques (PaNET) ontology

The Photon and Neutron Experimental Technique (PaNET) ontology provides a taxonomy of experimental techniques relevant for the Photon and Neutron (PaN) community. This ontology is being developed as part of the Work Package 3 on EOSC Data Catalogue Services for PaN national Research...

Keywords: panet, expands, ontology, experimental techniques, wp3-ExPaNDS

Resource type: git, tool

ExPaNDS Photon and Neutron Experimental Techniques (PaNET) ontology https://pan-training.eu/materials/expands-photon-and-neutron-experimental-techniques-panet-ontology The Photon and Neutron Experimental Technique (PaNET) ontology provides a taxonomy of experimental techniques relevant for the Photon and Neutron (PaN) community. This ontology is being developed as part of the Work Package 3 on EOSC Data Catalogue Services for PaN national Research Infrastructures of the ExPaNDS project. The ontology allows to add semantic tags to datasets, and other related research objects, to indicate the experimental technique(s) that was (or were) used to create them. panet, expands, ontology, experimental techniques, wp3-ExPaNDS PaN Community
ExPaNDS D3.2: Ontologies v1.0

We present ontologies for the domain of photon and neutron (PaN) science. With the primary goal of supporting PaN FAIR data catalogue services, we have developed three ontologies: PaN experimental techniques (PaNET), an ontology of NeXus definitions (NeXusOntology), and a semantic integration...

Keywords: expands, ontology, EOSC, Photon science, experimental techniques, Neutron science, deliverable, D3.2, wp3-ExPaNDS

Resource type: Document

ExPaNDS D3.2: Ontologies v1.0 https://pan-training.eu/materials/expands-d3-2-ontologies We present ontologies for the domain of photon and neutron (PaN) science. With the primary goal of supporting PaN FAIR data catalogue services, we have developed three ontologies: PaN experimental techniques (PaNET), an ontology of NeXus definitions (NeXusOntology), and a semantic integration ontology for the PaN domain (PaNmapping). The ontologies are presented as initial versions, supported by community development workflows. The work represents deliverable D3.2 of the Horizon 2020 ExPaNDS project. expands, ontology, EOSC, Photon science, experimental techniques, Neutron science, deliverable, D3.2, wp3-ExPaNDS