“Metadata is a love note to the future”
Jason Scott

The Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) promotes the qualitative enrichment of research data by means of metadata – and implements this approach across the whole organization.

HMC develops and implements novel concepts and technologies for a sustainable handling of research data through high-quality metadata. Its main goal is to make the depth and breadth of research data produced by Helmholtz Centres findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) for the whole science community. Read more

News

04.11.2025 - 05.11.2025

Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata

Learn to enhance your data with proper metadata annotation
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12.11.2025

Helmholtz Platforms Roadshow

Do you work with scientific data? Then don't miss the virtual Helmholtz Platform Roadshow
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13.11.2025

Reusability of Scientific Data – for Matter

Ready to make your research data FAIR and reusable?
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13.11.2025

HMC Open Office Hour – Hub Matter

Join the HMC Open Office Hour with Hub Health Matter
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14.11.2025

FAIR enough: Semantic Web 101

Learn how Semantic Web technologies like RDF and SPARQL support the FAIR Data Principles and enable interoperable research data.
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20.11.2025 - 21.11.2025

Metadata for Scientific Data Integrity

Learn how to use metadata for scientific data integrity – a five step training
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26.11.2025

Helmholtz Career Day for Data Science and IT 2025

The Career Day is the conference to kick-start your career in Data Science and IT@Helmholtz!
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27.11.2025

HMC Open Office Hour – FAIR Data Commons

Join the HMC Open Office Hour with FAIR Data Commons
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05.12.2025

Toward FAIR biomolecular (meta)data

The HMC project HARMONise improves interoperability of marine DNA and RNA (meta)data through a modular, MIxS-based metadata schema and web portal.
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15.01.2026 - 16.01.2026

Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata - for Health

Learn to enhance your data with proper metadata annotation
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30.10.2025

HMC Open Office Hour – Hub Information

Join the HMC Open Office Hour with Hub Information
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EM Glossary Web Explorer: v2.1.0 release!

v2.1.0 update of the EM Glossary Web Explorer
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Events

04.11.2025 - 05.11.2025

Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata

Learn to enhance your data with proper metadata annotation
read more
12.11.2025

Helmholtz Platforms Roadshow

Do you work with scientific data? Then don't miss the virtual Helmholtz Platform Roadshow
read more
13.11.2025

Reusability of Scientific Data – for Matter

Ready to make your research data FAIR and reusable?
read more
13.11.2025

HMC Open Office Hour – Hub Matter

Join the HMC Open Office Hour with Hub Health Matter
read more
14.11.2025

FAIR enough: Semantic Web 101

Learn how Semantic Web technologies like RDF and SPARQL support the FAIR Data Principles and enable interoperable research data.
read more
20.11.2025 - 21.11.2025

Metadata for Scientific Data Integrity

Learn how to use metadata for scientific data integrity – a five step training
read more
26.11.2025

Helmholtz Career Day for Data Science and IT 2025

The Career Day is the conference to kick-start your career in Data Science and IT@Helmholtz!
read more
27.11.2025

HMC Open Office Hour – FAIR Data Commons

Join the HMC Open Office Hour with FAIR Data Commons
read more
05.12.2025

Toward FAIR biomolecular (meta)data

The HMC project HARMONise improves interoperability of marine DNA and RNA (meta)data through a modular, MIxS-based metadata schema and web portal.
read more
15.01.2026 - 16.01.2026

Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata - for Health

Learn to enhance your data with proper metadata annotation
read more
30.10.2025

HMC Open Office Hour – Hub Information

Join the HMC Open Office Hour with Hub Information
read more

EM Glossary Web Explorer: v2.1.0 release!

v2.1.0 update of the EM Glossary Web Explorer
read more