NFDI4Earth Pilot Report - Interoperability and Reusability of Geoscientific Laboratory Data

A generally applicable database for geoscientific laboratory data is still missing. The variety of both methods and data and the complexity of laboratory studies impede the creation of an appropriate database. With this pilot project, we aimed at the development of a geoscientific laboratory database. We developed a model for a flexible and extensible database applicable to geoscientific laboratory data. This model can work as a basis for the construction of geoscientific laboratory databases. Beside the technical implementation of the database model, the distribution and acceptance of the database model within the relevant communities will be future challenges. The provided files feature: the final report for the pilot; a talk about the main ideas, held at the datamanagement session of the 2023 Conference of the German Geophysical Society (Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, DGG) in Bremen, Germany; an Excel spreadsheet featuring the main metadata relationships for a conceptual database.This work has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the project NFDI4Earth (TA1 M1.1, DFG project no. 460036893, https://www.nfdi4earth.de/) within the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI, https://www.nfdi.de/)