Culture Knowledge Base
The NFDI4Culture Knowledge Base contains guidelines, reports, and specifications by the task areas of the consortium covering all aspects of research data management in the domain of material and immaterial cultural heritage. Additionally, we provide you with curated link recommendations to high quality open educational resources.
Type:
Digitizing, Inventorizing, Enriching 1 Items
14.08.2023
3D Formats for Classical Studies
Link Recommendation
Language(s):
German
The IANUS Research Data Center for Archaeology and Classical Studies, coordinated by the German Archaeological Institute, has compiled IT recommendations for the sustainable handling of digital data, including recommended formats for 3D data.
Overarching topics 2 Items
04.09.2025
Guideline for a FAIR Management of Cultural Research Data
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Angela Kailus
Version: 2.0.1
In order to be optimally re-usable, research data should be processed according to the FAIR principles. This guideline explains what these principles mean and how they can be implemented in cultural studies and heritage collections.
14.08.2023
DFG-Code of Conduct "Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice" (2019)
Link Recommendation
Language(s):
German
The DFG Code of Conduct represents the consensus of the DFG's member organizations on the fundamental principles and standards of good practice, underscoring the importance of integrity in everyday research.
Planning 1 Items
04.12.2024
LIDO Primer
Link Recommendation
Language(s):
English
The LIDO Primer provides a sound introduction to the metadata schema LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects) and contains illustrative XML examples for describing objects with LIDO.
Rights & Ethics 2 Items
12.06.2025
Upload of scientific video contributions
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Oliver Vettermann, Grischka Petri
Version: 1.1.0
This document aims to explain the legal framework for video uploads to publicly accessible video portals covering video recordings with scientific content. For the detailed data protection section, you will find a flowchart on data protection for video uploads here for your…
18.02.2025
Audiovisual Materials in Research and Teaching – an Overview of Copyright Aspects
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Fabian Rack, Paul Klimpel
Version: 1.0.2
The legal opinion (new edition of the 2015 version) explains how audiovisual materials may be used in research and teaching. It explains in which cases researchers must obtain permission and in which use is permitted by law.
Data sharing & publishing 1 Items
17.02.2025
RADAR4Culture Quickstart Guide for Data Providers
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Sandra Göller, Kerstin Soltau
Version: 1.0.0
The RADAR4Culture Quickstart Guide is published by RADAR / FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, explains all the steps required to use this free publication service and provides information on additional functions and the available metadata fields.