Planned Events

Our next event will be a Pre-Conference Workshop at the HMC Conference 2026 in Heidelberg. 

The workshop “Semantics Hidden in the Dark – Make Datasets Shine” will take place on April 28, 2026. Registration both for the conference and our  workshop are needed. Further details and registration information are available via the conference website:
https://events.geomar.de/event/884/overview. Registration will be open until 10 April 2026.

This workshop focuses on the practical adoption of terminology services in research data infrastructures, moving beyond conceptual discussions toward concrete, transferable implementations.  It presents key results of the BITS and demonstrates how terminology services on the example of the Terminology Service for Earth System Sciences  (https://terminology.nfdi4earth.de) can be embedded into research data infrastructures to improve discovery, interoperability, and semantic enrichment of datasets. Designed as an interactive forum, the workshop combines short inputs, live demonstrations, and participatory elements to make the added value of semantics tangible for different stakeholder groups. Participants will engage with real-world implementations of terminology services integrated into repository interfaces (via API usage) and metadata pipelines, supported by interactive elements such as live polling, search challenges, and guided discussion. By bringing together repository managers, researchers, and data stewards, the workshop fosters exchange between technical and conceptual perspectives and supports community-driven learning. Overall, the workshop aims to lower barriers to adopting terminology services, strengthen awareness of their strategic importance for FAIR data, and stimulate discussion on scalable and sustainable implementations across research infrastructures.