NFDI4Culture Metadata API

At many museums, university collections, and research libraries, treasures lie dormant in the form of research data that have not been publicly accessible until now. These research data have been created with great effort and care. They have been prepared and maintained with the hope that they will generate added scientific value.

However, these data are important not only for our own research but also in the context of future research projects and for the interested public. The question arises: how can they be made openly reusable and visible?

The first Cross-NFDI Hackathon in the fall of 2022, organized by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, aimed to unearth these hidden treasures.

All interested data providers were explicitly welcomed, regardless of whether their research data was already openly available at the time of entry or not. Thanks to the excellent networking of the NFDI consortia, it quickly became clear that the invitation could and should be extended across disciplines. While NFDI4Culture included its humanities communities, the spectrum was broadened by cooperation with NFDI4Objects for the material remains of human history and the life sciences-oriented NFDI4Biodiversity.

The focus was on 3D media, which was of particular interest to various partner institutions. The submitted data could either already contain 3D models, or these could also emerge as a creative end product.