Coscine

Introduction

Coscine is an integration platform for research data. It simplifies metadata management, project member management, and allows to conveniently archive research data.

Datasheet

Status: 16.06.2021

Homepagehttps://coscine.pages.rwth-aachen.de/docs/public/pages/en/
Descriptionhttps://coscine.pages.rwth-aachen.de/docs/public/pages/en/about/
Codehttps://git.rwth-aachen.de/coscine
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Features

Status: 16.06.2021

Supported Schema(s)---All schemas with supported format
Supported Format(s)RDF, SHACL
Interface(s)REST, GUI
Open Sourceyeshttps://git.rwth-aachen.de/coscine
LicenseMIT
VersioningyesUsage of PROV
AAIyes
External Storageyes
ReferencableyesPID for resources and projects

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
  • Validate Schema:
    • Check schema for correct syntax
  • Ingest Metadata:
    • Store metadata (document) in repository
      • Ideally with previous validation
  • 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

  • Has a UI which can generate form elements based on RDF SHACL application profiles
  • Interaction with a multitude of storage providers
  • Provides access to its own version of S3 storage, called "RDS"

Functionality

Status: 16.06.2021

FunctionSupportedRemarks
Register Schema+RDF, SHACL
Update Schema+
Validate Schema(+)Syntax check
Ingest Metadata+
Update Metadata+
Validate Metadata+
Search by ...
... Administrative MD+
... Content(+)Planned
Persistent Identifier+

Remarks

  • Strong emphasis on following the FAIR principles
  • Focus on collaborative work
  • Uncomplicated data access