Qvain, a Metadata Tool for Research Data

Qvain is a generic research dataset metadata editor. - Our data model is available online: bit.ly/fairmodel. In the future, we can support several models. Qvain reads the data model as a JSON Schema. Qvain re-orders and re-groups the fields, adds help texts, performs real time validation, etc. Qvain supports Open ID. Users of Qvain can delegate the editing rights. Suitable widgets, and controlled vocabularies for each type of metadata. Qvain publishes the finished record by moving it to an external repository. Qvain does not manage files. Users may refer to them with URIs. We al-so see a storage service through API, refer to files, and also edit their technical metadata. Qvain is a web application using the Vue JavaScript framework. The back-end is written in Go. The source code is available: https://github.com/NatLibFi Qvain is a part of Fairdata.fi Services, funded by the Ministry of Educa-tion. They are being developed by CSC – IT Centre for Science Ltd. (csc.fi), and the National Library of Finland (nationallibrary.fi). Qvain will be launched in summer 2018