Basics of RDM in Bioimaging - What is it and why do I need it?

This presentation was developed by NFDI4BIOIMAGE and is part of a 2 day workshop at the Light Microscopy Facility, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen held on 26.06.2026. It provides a general introduction into research data management (RDM) and further insights into metadata and ontologies, data organisation, data management plans and public data deposition and highlights their specific relevance in research. The slides are intended for educational use and may serve as a resource for teaching and training in research data management within the life sciences. We acknowledge funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under the National Research Data Infrastructure – NFDI 46/1 – 501864659.