Metadata in Research Data Repositories: Fulfillment of International Standards and Individual Requirements

Background Increasingly establishment of research data repositories in Collaborative Research Centers (CRCs) Aim of research data repositories: making research data and their metadata searchable and accessible Metadata challenges A new field of action in research data management • Heterogeneous data types poses a challenge to develop a suitable metadata schema Standardization is just at the outset, including the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) Purpose Early assignment of meaningful and complete metadata is key to the implementation of FAIR data • This study shows two successful approaches to develop metadata schemas in two research areas