AIMS – Applying Interoperable Metadata Standards
Introduction
A platform for creating and sharing metadata schemas for better research data management in engineering. Implementing a modular metadata concept with a focus keeping interoperability while allowing highly specific description of metadata. In addition to a repository for subject-specific application profiles for subsequent use, it also provides a generator for their creation and improvement based on controlled vocabularies. These are supplemented by a repository in which validated metadata records corresponding to the application profiles can be published. Researchers can access all content on the platform via a central search function and easily reuse relevant content. The core idea of AIMS is to provide low-threshold access for an improved metadata management. Technically build around RDF and SHACL based application profiles also with a focus on interoperability with existing standards, interfaces and semantic technologies.
Datasheet
Status: 16.06.2021
| Homepage | www.aims-projekt.de |
| Description | About AIMS |
| Code | - |
| Communities | --- |
| Version | - |
Features
Status: 16.06.2021
| Supported Schema(s) | --- | All schemas with supported format |
| Supported Format(s) | RDF, SHACL | Export as JSON, RDF/XML etc. |
| Interface(s) | REST, GUI | OAI-PMH planned |
| Open Source | planned | - |
| License | MIT | |
| Versioning | planned | - |
| AAI | planned | |
| External Storage | - | |
| Referencable | planned |
Description
- Register Schema:
- Support for arbitrary schemas of a specific format (e.g. JSON Schema, XSD)
- The schema should at least be referencable by a unique identifier.
- Update Schema:
- Possibility to
- work on different versions of a schema
- adapt schemas over time
- Possibility to
- Validate Schema:
- Check schema for correct syntax
- Ingest Metadata:
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Ideally with previous validation
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Update Metadata:
- Possibility to update already ingested metadata (documents).
- Validate Metadata:
- Possibility to validate documents on the basis of registered schemas.
- Search by Administrative MD:
- Search documents by their metadata (e.g. ingest date, ingester, ...)
- Search by Content:
- Search documents by their content
- Persistent Identifier:
- Support for Persistent Identifiers (e.g. DOI, Handle)
Additional Features
Status: 16.06.2021
- Metadata Repository only one part of a bigger platform.
- Focus on UI and related backend for user-friendly metadata schema creation, re-use and sharing implemented as RDF SHACL application profiles.
- Extensive API for integration in scientific workflows to track metadata during data creation and analysis.
Functionality
Status: 16.06.2021
| Function | Supported | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Register Schema | + | RDF, SHACL |
| Update Schema | + | |
| Validate Schema | + | |
| Ingest Metadata | + | |
| Update Metadata | ||
| Validate Metadata | + | |
| Search by ... | ||
| ... Administrative MD | + | |
| ... Content | + | |
| Persistent Identifier | + | via external service |
Remarks
- Focus on usability and low-threshold access.
- Compatibility with existing standards and terminologies.
- Accessible to other applications via SPARQL endpoints.