Sharing data is only realistic if certain preconditions are met and a facility for sharing data has been carefully considered. In this workshop we will pay attention to the necessary components for sharing spatial metadata and explain how it creates a FAIR infrastructure. We base this on a framework conceptualized around nine building blocks and how metadata plays a crucial role in it. From documenting to publishing, from organizing to making agreements between data providers and users, it's all equally important. Participants are challenged to come up with their own examples to share experiences and introduce good practices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jandirk Bulens graduated in 1985 at Wageningen University with a degree in Tropical Land and Water Management. Afterwards he continued his education in the field of ICT and Geomatics. Since 1990 he is working at Wageningen Environmental Research (and it’s predecessors) part of the Wageningen University & Research Centre as a spatial data specialist. He is involved in projects which focus on various aspect of using Geo-information from applied to research environments. The use of data, data modelling, Digital Twins, data visualisation and data dissemination are the main topics where he is currently working on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cees Hof has a background in aquatic ecology and evolutionary biology. His PhD (1998) and postdoctoral research focused on the impact of fossil information in phylogenetic reconstructions. After the days of fundamental research, he specialized in the standardization and use of (open) biodiversity data and for more than 10 years he was involved in the development of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Since 2016 Cees works at Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) where he started as a project acquisition officer and trainer on Research Data Management. Currently the main focus of his work is the establishment of the new domain specific DANS Data Stations, where he acts as the primary coordinator and contact for the life, environmental and technical sciences.