NFDI4Health aims to build a comprehensive inventory of German epidemiological, public health and clinical trial data. The collection and analysis of these data are essential for the development of new therapies, comprehensive care approaches and preventive measures.
Personal health data require special protection. The declared goal of NFDI4Health is therefore to combine security and usability. The consortium is made up of 17 partners from various disciplines. A total of 48 renowned institutions from the health sector are involved.
Schema.org as a Lightweight Harmonization Approach for NFDISchema.org is a controlled vocabulary that makes it easier for web pages to describe their actual content in a semantic, structured and machine-processable way. It is recognized by major search engines and data aggregators, making it easier for researchers to expose metadata describing their research outcomes. Here we present how Schema.org is used (or planned to be used) by some NFDI consortia, becoming a lightweight approach to harmonize digital objects coming from different sources so they can be connected to each other in a meaningful way.
Leveraging Terminology Services for FAIR Semantic Data Integration across NFDI Domains - How to Integrate Terminology Services Into Other Service ApplicationsThe National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) strives to develop FAIR research data and data services for major scientific disciplines, using terminologies as a key factor for semantic annotations and semantic interoperability of data. Several NFDI consortia provide domain-specific terminologies through Terminology services or registries, offering access, search capabilities, visualization, and downloads. Prioritizing user-friendly access, terminology services seamlessly integrate semantic concepts into applications, often operating in the background to enable smooth semantic annotation and data interoperability. We present exemplary fields of application from selected disciplines and how terminology services support semantic search, user experience, annotation workflows, terminology curation and design.
NFDI4Health Online Training Workshop on Research Data Management in (Bio-)MedicineThis slidedeck was used in a two day workshop on research data management (RDM).
It covers topics such as research data and their life cycle, metadata, FAIR data principles, as well as guidelines on RDM. Additionally, it introduces NFDI4Health services (Publication Policy, Metadata Schema, Central Health Study Hub) as examples of useful tools for the different stages of the research data lifecycle. The slidedeck was designed so that it can also be used for self-study.