28 May
2026
28 May
'26
8:49 a.m.
Dear consortium members, dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to a three upcoming workshops run by our basic
services IAM4NFDI and PID4NFDI, where you will have the opportunity to engage in in-depth
dialogue with the services. It would be great if you could join the events. Please feel
free to pass this information on to anyone who might be interested.
You can, of course, find further information about our basic services on our website:
https://base4nfdi.de/
Best regards,
Franziska Fritzsche
On behalf of the Base4NFDI Office
IAM4NFDI Community Workshop
Do you manage user logins, roles, and access rights across your consortia services? Are
external collaborators requesting temporary access to your services and data? Curious how
Virtual Organizations (VOs) and community-wide IAM solutions can simplify access
management?
Join the IAM4NFDI Community AAI user meeting to learn about practical solutions and
integration scenarios around AcademicID, didmos, RegApp, Unity, and InfraProxy - and
exchange experiences with others across the NFDI landscape.
No registration required - just drop in!
When: Thursday, June 18, 2-5 PM
Where: https://uni-kl-de.zoom-x.de/j/63974810038?pwd=tDdAUaaGqGn1sZtBhibbzRx19eCYz…
Language: The meeting will primarily be held in German. However, everyone is welcome to
speak in the language they are most comfortable with (German or English).
PID4NFDI Community Workshop on IGSN Use Cases
The International Generic Sample Number (IGSN)<https://ev.igsn.org/about-igsns> is a
globally unique and persistent identifier (PID) for physical objects-ranging from rock
samples and sediment cores to biological specimens and cultural heritage objects. By
providing a machine-actionable link between samples, datasets, and publications, IGSNs
ensure that physical research materials are as FAIR as the digital data derived from them.
While the IGSN e.V.<https://ev.igsn.org/home> provides the global framework, a wide
landscape of initiatives and services has emerged to support its implementation. This
workshop<https://pid.services.base4nfdi.de/events/2026-06-04_igsn/> serves as a
dedicated coordination space to map these activities within and around the NFDI.
Whether you are an expert user or just starting your PID journey, join us to help
synchronize IGSN activities across the NFDI landscape and bridge the gap between physical
samples and the global PID ecosystem. Although this workshop focuses on use cases from the
NFDI consortia, we warmly invite colleagues and interested parties who are not active
members of an NFDI consortium or a Base4NFDI project to participate in the discussion.
When: June 04, 2026, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CEST)
Where: Online via Zoom
Registration: https://gfz-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/inSis27DTyKBI5nAngUplw
Language: English
PID4NFDI online workshop: Building Confidence with Research Metadata at Scale
This hands-on, online
workshop<https://pid.services.base4nfdi.de/events/2026-06-15_hmc-workshop/> empowers
research support professionals to move beyond static views of metadata and actively
interrogate, assess, and act on DOI metadata at scale using the DataCite API. Using the
DataCite metadata schema as a practical reference point, participants will work directly
with real DOI metadata to explore which metadata elements most strongly influence
discovery, reuse, trust, and decision-making. While DataCite is used as a reference
implementation, the approaches and principles discussed are applicable to other PID-based
and metadata-rich infrastructures.
Rather than inspecting records one by one, the workshop introduces the DataCite API as an
accessible way to turn metadata into evidence. Participants will learn how to translate
everyday institutional and research questions such as which records are missing licenses,
how well ORCIDs or RORs are adopted, or which outputs are funded by a specific
organisation into concrete, reproducible API queries. The focus is not on software
development, but on practical metadata literacy: understanding how metadata is structured,
how it can be queried systematically, and how enriched metadata can be used to support
curation, reporting, policy monitoring, remediation planning, and decision-making.
This workshop is aimed at repository managers, data stewards, PID infrastructure
providers, and analysts working with DOI metadata. It is particularly suitable for
professionals who engage with metadata operationally but have limited or no experience
working with APIs.
When: June 15, 2026, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CEST)
Where: Zoom
Registration: https://gfz-de.zoom.us/meeting/register/0gAV_r7PR4CWd9CRmgfgGg#/registration
Language: English
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Franziska Fritzsche (she/her)
Base4NFDI Office
GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Science
B6 4-5
68159 Mannheim
Franziska.Fritzsche(a)gesis.org
<mailto:Franziska.Fritzsche@gesis.org>+49 (0) 621/1246-246
Office Hours:
Monday to Thursday
8 am to 4 pm
https://base4nfdi.de<https://base4nfdi.de/>
https://www.gesis.org<https://www.gesis.org/>
