“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

10.10.2023 - 12.10.2023

HMC Conference 2023

Join us in shaping the future of metadata handling.
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22.11.2023

Helmholtz Career Day for Data Science and IT 2023

The Career Day is the conference to kick-start your career in Data Science and IT@Helmholtz!
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07.12.2023 - 08.12.2023

TEACH 3 - Expore, Exchange, Excel

TEACH 3 - Expore, Exchange, Excel: Our third edition of Teaching Across Communities at Helmholtz is happening in December 2023
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18.09.2023 - 29.09.2023

Helmholtz Incubator Summer Academy 2023

Once more, the five Helmholtz Incubator Platforms Helmholtz AI, Helmholtz Imaging, HIFIS, HIDA and HMC have teamed up to create a second edition of th …
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18.09.2023 - 22.09.2023

HMC@ NFDI MatWerk Summer School 2023

Training course “Metadata Fundamentals – why context matters” at the MatWerk SummerSchool 18-22 Sept 2023.
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15.06.2023 - 05.07.2023

HMC Project Call 2023 | Open Consulting Hours

Open event for project proposal consulting
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Meet HMC @ MC23

Meet HMC @ Microscopy Conference 2023
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21.06.2023

HMC Project Call 2023 | Information Event

Get information on the current call for HMC projects, ask live questions and meet representatives from all HMC units.
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01.06.2023

HMC Project Call 2023 | Information Event

Get information on the current call for HMC projects, ask live questions and meet representatives from all HMC units.
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HMC at the 8th Data Science Symposium in Kiel

This year we presented HMC at the 8th Data Science Symposium 2023 at GEOMAR in Kiel on June 8-9, 2023.
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HMC @ Helmholtz AI and Helmholtz Imaging conference

From 12 - 16 June the Incubator platforms Helmholtz AI and Helmholtz Imaging held their respective conferences at DESY in Hamburg.
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Level-up your metadata with HMC at the Incubator Summer Academy 2023!

HMC will teach "Fundamentals of Scientific Metadata" at the Incubator Summer academy 2023!
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Events

10.10.2023 - 12.10.2023

HMC Conference 2023

Join us in shaping the future of metadata handling.
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