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TT 56: Focus Session: Making Experimental Data F.A.I.R. – New Concepts for Research Data Management I (joint session O/TT)

TT 56.11: Talk

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 18:15–18:30, WIL A317

OpenSemanticLab: Usecase Device Repository — •Matthias A. Popp and Simon Stier — Fraunhofer ISC, Neunerplatz 2, 97082 Würzburg, Germany

Fully automated experiments provide benefits regarding precision, repeatability, as well as data quality and therefore gain more and more popularity. However, setting them up can be time consuming, especially when computer interface information has to be manually transferred from device manuals to software.

In order to implement FAIR principles precise descriptions of measurement setups and instrumentation are necessary. Currently, this results in extra workload for experimental scientists.

With our framework OpenSemanticLab, we address this shortcoming by providing a central metadata repository for scientific instruments. The ontology-based repository meets both human (GUI) and machine requirements (APIs). A device ontology helps finding and classifying devices. In an associated Python package, abstract device drivers and concrete device metadata can be combined into executable workflows. Overall, this approach not only strengthens the transparency of research according to FAIR principles, but also significantly reduces the implementation effort for complex setups.