Customized RADAR repository for EArth and Environmental data To facilitate Integration in V-FOR-WaTer and NFDI4Earth

The CREATIVE project aims to make the generic repository RADAR4KIT easily accessible and attractive for the specialist communities organized in the KIT Centre for Climate and Environment (ZKU). This is done with the help of customized templates, format templates and input masks for subject-specific metadata, which enhance RADAR4KIT for the communities and thus represent a noticeable added value for the scientists of the ZKU beyond the good basic functionalities of the repository.

At the same time, interfaces are provided that enable direct retrieval of (meta) data from the National Research Data Infrastructure NFDI4Earth. By implementing these interfaces and the standardized metadata description, the virtual research environment V-FOR-WaTer developed at KIT can also be used to pre-process, edit and visualize the data. RADAR4KIT thus functions as an adapted specialist repository for the institutes of the ZKU, and the adaptation steps using the templates can be transferred to other specialist areas and other centers at the KIT thanks to detailed documentation. The connection to the NFDI4Earth promotes a broader use of the data beyond the KIT, while the connection to V-FOR-WaTer accelerates scientific work with the data sets and their interdisciplinary use.

In addition, the activities within the framework of the metadata workshops at ZKU will establish a network of data stewards at the individual institutes, thus strengthening sustainable and future-oriented research data management at KIT.