#metadatamatters — Public Fediverse posts

In the latest Voices of OPERAS UK, our own Toby Steiner ( @flavoursofopen ) talks about Thoth as a connective infrastructure for #OAbooks: CC0 metadata that travels to discovery services via open APIs and interoperable workflows, and a horizontal approach where open infrastructures stay autonomous while sharing open data via common standards and open APIs.

Next to that, the interview covers our work with OAPEN and DOAB on peer-review information, and how publishers and libraries can get involved.

#OpenAccess #MetadataMatters #OPERAS #OAbooks #openinfrastructure #oat26

https://research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/09/25/voices-of-operas-uk-thoth-open-metadata/

What a night at #LNDW2026! 🧱✨

Our LEGO-based #metadata challenge kept the HMC team busy throughout the evening as visitors of all ages explored what metadata are and why they matter.

One of our favourite observations: participants who initially thought metadata were unnecessary often changed their minds after a few minutes of tackling the challenge themselves.

Many thanks to everyone who stopped by — and congratulations to HZB on welcoming a record 3,135 visitors!

#MetadataMatters
@hzbde

If you're attending the #operas2026sciros conference, day 1 will open with workshop 'From OMP to DOAB, via Thoth: Open Collaboration to Amplify Slovenian OA Books' 📢📚🇸🇮
⏰ 9:00, Wed 20 May
📍 Staszic Palace – Room 132

@PublicKnowledgeProject
#DOAB
#OAbooks #openinfrastructures #metadatamatters

🚨 We’re hiring: Knowledge Graph Developer (f/m/d)

📍 Forschungszentrum Jülich

🌐 Build the #Helmholtz Knowledge Graph – connect, model & improve research #metadata across infrastructures.

📅 Apply now
👉 https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/stellenangebote/2026-070

#MetadataMatters #DataEngineering
@fzj @helmholtz @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice

The @Thoth_metadata team are heading to Heidelberg, Germany for #HMCConference2026

📆 28–30 April 2026
🔎 Explore how metadata creates scientific impact across disciplines and infrastructures!
🔗 https://buff.ly/uQmDvas

#MetadataInAction #MetadataMatters

@helmholtz_hmc

Rekan kami, Robbykha Rosalien, akan menjadi pembicara pada lokakarya RJI di Manado mengenai peningkatan visibilitas penerbitan Indonesia—mengapa hal ini penting, dan bagaimana praktik terbaik metadata mendukung kemudahan penemuan secara global. Jangan sampai terlewatkan! #metadatamatters #metadata

Rekan kami, Robbykha Rosalien, akan menjadi pembicara pada acara lokakarya di Indonesia (24 April 2026) yang bertajuk "Meningkatkan Visibilitas Penerbitan Indonesia". Sesi ini akan berlangsung selama sekitar 30 menit, di mana ia akan berbagi wawasan mengenai pentingnya visibilitas serta bagaimana praktik terbaik metadata dapat mendukung kemudahan penemuan secara global. Jika Anda menghadiri acara tersebut, pastikan untuk menyimak sesi ini! #metadatamatters #metadata

Really excited to share that we’ve published Thoth Open Metadata’s self-assessment against the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI). 🎉

For us, this is more than a compliance exercise. It’s an open reflection on how we believe open metadata for books should be governed, sustained, and shared - with community oversight, open-source code, and CC0 data and open APIs at its core. As open access policies evolve, infrastructure transparency matters for publishers, librarians, and policymakers alike. 📚 #MetadataMatters

This work connects directly to the next phase of Thoth’s development - and we’ll be continuing the conversation at the Copim community's #CopimConference tomorrow and on Friday, where we’ll be discussing the future of #communityled #OAbooks and the infrastructure they depend on together with like-minded #openinfras, #libraries, #publishers, and #researchers.

There's no #OpenAccess without #OpenInfrastructure!

https://doi.org/10.70950/sllm9969

I’ve been documenting this for months (since 28.09.2025). Here’s a quick breakdown of how http://Amazon.de has mishandled Tom Hiddleston’s metadata for over a decade!

https://is.gd/AmazonDEMetadata

#Namesmatter #RespecttheArtist #TomHiddleston #metadatamatters #QAFail #AmazonDE

We are super excited to announce the publication of our substantive report "International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OABooks and Chapters"

The report addresses a longstanding challenge in #OAbooks publishing: how to create, manage, and disseminate metadata that actually works across today’s fragmented scholarly ecosystem. #MetadataMatters

Bringing together multiple perspectives of not-for-profit #DiamondOA book publishers, librarians, and open infrastructures, the report takes a closer look at research, policy analysis, and community insight to support publishers, libraries, and aggregators working to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and sustainability of books and chapters – with a particular focus on small-to-medium-sized, scholar-led and institutional publishers.

https://copim.pub/new-report-published-international-metadata-recommendations-and-platform-specific-requirements-for-open-access-books-and-chapters/

Wishing all of our publishers and friends in the Open Access books space a restful winter break and a very happy new year. We'll still be here if you need us, while we continue work behind-the-scenes on some exciting developments and releases for Thoth in 2026 🎆 #OAbooks #openinfra #MetadataMatters

[CATCH UP] @amandaramalho at #FILGuadalajara2025 📚

Hear her insights on @scielo @Thoth_metadata & why open metadata matters — sparking lots of interest from publishers!

Amanda is on the Board of Stewards @openbookcollect & Coordinator of @scielobooks

🎥 Watch now https://buff.ly/XCQwcz0

#FIL2025 #MetadataMatters

From 4 million DOIs in 2002 to 176 million #metadata records today — learn about the global journey of Crossref's members: https://doi.org/10.64000/tch5n-9px70 #Crossref2025 #metadatamatters

NEW BLOG: Crossref members over the years: a journey through space and time. Read all about it: https://doi.org/10.64000/tch5n-9px70 #Crossref2025 #metadatamatters

DatAasee - A Metadata-Lake for Libraries

https://ulbmuenster.github.io/dataasee

#WeLoveMetadata because #MetadataMatters

#DatAasee #MetadataLake #Metadata #Metadaten

Congratulations to Noyam Journals for receiving a Crossref Metadata Award as part of our 25th anniversary celebrations.

ICYMI, in our interview, Naa Kai Amanor-Mfoafo shared: "We prioritise inclusion of ORCID IDs, Abstracts, and References as these increase visibility of our articles."

Read about their metadata practices: https://doi.org/10.64000/v2v2s-r9037?mtm_campaign=blog%20post&mtm_source=MS&mtm_medium=social&mtm_cid=10.64000%2Fv2v2s-r9037

#MetadataMatters #OpenScience #Crossref

Join @Thoth_metadata @PublicKnowledgeProject at the 20th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing TODAY!

🖊️ Moving beyond closed silos: liberating workflows based on open metadata to bring about an interoperable and open not-for-profit ecosystem for open access books and chapters
⏰ 12:00-12:10
🔗 https://buff.ly/3BX2Ahl

#Munin2025 #OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OpenAccess #OpenData

Join @Thoth_metadata at #DCMI2025 all week

Today they're sharing a poster

📝 Open Access, Open Data, Open Archiving: Liberating Metadata Flows across the OA Books Landscape
📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 https://buff.ly/BjlTux1

#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks

✈️ @Thoth_metadata are a busy lot!

They'll be at #DCMI2025 all week

Catch them delivering a lightening talk at the Open Metadata Clinic TODAY

📌 University of Barcelona, Spain
🔗 https://buff.ly/BjlTux1

#OpenMetadata #MetadataMatters #OABooks

Next stop: #OSFair2025 at #CERN Science Gateway, Geneva (15–17 Sept).

Our #HMC colleague Witold Arndt will be there to connect with the global #OpenScience community and discuss #FAIRdata practices in large-scale facilities – and how collaboration accelerates progress.

Looking forward to sharing ideas under this year’s theme: “Fusing Forces – Accelerating Open Science through Collaboration”.

#OpenAIRE #MetadataMatters

@opensciencefair @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice
@OpenAIRE
@cern

Got metadata questions – big or small?

Then join our next HMC Open Office Hour hosted by HMC Hub Earth & Environment.

🗓 When: 18/09/2025
🔗 Registration: https://helmholtz-metadaten.de/events/hmc-open-office-hour_20250918_hub-ee

Bring your questions – or send them in advance to [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming you!

#HMC_OpenOffice #MetadataMatters

@helmholtz @association @geomar_de @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice @HelmholtzImaging

New sticker just dropped 😍 ... and coming to a conference near you this Fall

#MetadataMatters #openinfrastructures #OAbooks

We’re looking forward to joining #CoRDI2025 at @rwth Aachen University later this month 🚀 – and it’s great news that the registration deadline has been extended until 15 August for those who haven’t secured their ticket yet.

We'll be there with a wide range of contributions from our HMC Hubs – sharing insights, exchanging ideas, and engaging with the vibrant research data community.

See you in Aachen!

#HMC #NFDI #fdm #rdm #forschungsdaten #researchdata #OpenScience #MetadataMatters

🚀 New Conference Publishing Solutions from #ScienceOpen!

Looking for an easy way to generate PDFs from your conference proceedings? We have a solution. 📝✨

Discover our new feature on the ScienceOpen blog:

🔗https://blog.scienceopen.com/2025/07/conference-publishing-solutions/

🖇️ #ConferencePublishing #AcademicConferences #OpenScience #ScholComm #MetadataMatters #ScienceCommunication

We are truly honoured to have received a finalist nomination for the 2025 @alpsp Award for Innovation in Publishing 2025!

#MetadataMatters

Hannah and Toby just gave their presentation to the ALPSP panel of judges, and we'll know more in about two months' time, as award winners will be announced at this year's ALPSP Conference in Manchester (Sept 10-11).

Really wonderful to see more and more interest across the sector in what we've been developing within the @copim community - and also good to keep in mind the importance of that growing network of #openinfrastructures that have come together to explore alternative ways to OA publishing of #OAbooks based on interoperable #opendata ...

So this is also a shoutout to the important work happening at @openbookcollect, @PublicKnowledgeProject (with OMP), @crossref, @ORCID_Org, and many others not on Mastodon, incl. OAPEN, DOAB, OaEBU DT, and the OA Switchboard ...

Metadata meets LEGO! 🧱✨

At the Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft in Berlin, our amazing colleagues from @hzbde / #HMC Hub Matter brought metadata to life – with a hands-on LEGO challenge at the HZB's Adlershof campus.

A fun way to highlight what Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration is all about: making data understandable, reproducible – and a little more fun!

#MetadataMatters

What’s driving this shift? Growing emphasis on reproducibility, machine-readability, and responsible AI all require high-quality, well-managed, and accessible data.

No matter the discipline, Data Stewards are becoming vital connectors between policy, technology, and scientific practice.

💬 Where are you seeing data stewardship take shape?

#DataStewardship #ResearchData #FAIRData #OpenScience #GlobalResearch #MetadataMatters

Just a few days left to register for our Metadata Health Check Webinar for OJS users.

Learn how to deposit quality metadata with Crossref using OJS 3.3/3.4.

Save your spot: https://tinyurl.com/3e8v6xxe

#OJS #academicpublishing #metadatamatters #scholarlypublishing

3️⃣ Data Versioning & Provenance – They track changes, sources, and workflows, creating a transparent record that supports verification and reuse.

Data Stewards protect the integrity of the research process.

💬 How is your team building for reproducibility?

#CaSDaR #DataStewardship #ReproducibleResearch #FAIRData #ResearchData #OpenScience #MetadataMatters

Make ANY #Messaging Service #E2E #Encrypted With #PGP by Mental Outlaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu2TVYJE5Gc

Signal bro signal :D a PGP is also fine tho
Signal on steroids => #Molly-FOSS with #Orbot via #tor 💡#metadatamatters #privacymatters #sidechannelsmatter
One could also send PGP messages via Signal/Molly 🤣 💡

📚 Planning to attend the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) this June?
Come meet Crossref in Hall E, B1 Floor – Booth #5B.F34.

✔ Connect with our team
✔ Learn about our latest developments
✔ Chat with fellow community members

Book a meeting or just stop by and say hello. We'd love to see you there!
https://community.crossref.org/t/crossref-bibf-2025-6-18-22-meet-crossref-at-bibf-2025-june-18-22/13852

📍 Beijing | June 18–22
#BIBF2025 #Crossref #MetadataMatters

Upcoming Metadata Health Check Webinar for OJS users!

This session is for editors and publishers using Open Journal Systems (OJS). Learn how to deposit complete, accurate metadata via Crossref, troubleshoot deposit issues, and more!

Make your journal more discoverable—register today: https://tinyurl.com/3e8v6xxe

#OJS #academicpublishing #metadatamatters #scholarlypublishing

Just because you cropped it doesn’t mean it’s clean.
Screenshots can still expose names, metadata, GPS, or even blurred-out text with enough effort.
📸 Scrub before you share. Privacy lives in the details.
#Privacy #OpSec #DigitalSafety #MetadataMatters #CyberSecurity #BiyteLüm

Make your data Findable with structured, standardized metadata! 📊✨ Well-defined metadata ensures easy discovery, better organization, and seamless integration across systems. 🔍

#FAIRData #MetadataMatters #DataDiscovery

Precision, documentation, and just a little bit of swagger. 😎

Ain’t no party like a Data Stewards party, 'cause a Data Stewards party don’t lose track of metadata! 🕺📁✨

Here’s to the unsung heroes who keep our data clean, our projects reproducible, and our research future-proof. Because without metadata, it’s just a mess in a spreadsheet!

#DataStewardship #MetadataMatters #CaSDaR #ResearchData #FAIRData #OpenScience #DataParty

Thank you for being part of #HMC_CON2025 and for sharing your valuable contributions @indiscale !

We're excited to see so many inspiring materials already available on Zenodo – including your work on data management with LinkAhead and ELN integration. A big thank-you to everyone who helped make this event such a rich exchange of ideas.

🔗 Explore all contributions here: https://zenodo.org/communities/helmholtz-metadatacollaboration

#FAIRdata #OpenScience #MetadataMatters #HMC

This is more than a technical issue—it's a scientific one. Funding agencies and journals are already demanding FAIR data practices, and metadata is at the heart of that effort.

Let’s move beyond raw numbers and focus on structured, contextualized data that can stand the test of time, and scrutiny.

Because in science, if data isn’t documented, it might as well not exist. ❌

#PhysicalSciences #ResearchData #MetadataMatters #FAIRData #OpenScience #PSDI

Great to see such a strong and diverse presence of @NFDI at #HMC_CON2025 !

The range of contributions highlights the depth and collaborative spirit of the community. Many thanks to you and Stefanie and all other NDFI presenters for driving forward research data management in such a meaningful way.

#NFDI #ResearchData #OpenScience #RDM #Metadata #MetadataMatters

🎤 We’re closing #HMC_CON2025 with a keynote from Konrad Förstner, (@kuf) joint professor for Data and Information Literacy at @ZBMED and @th_koeln.

As a champion of open science and metadata literacy, Konrad brings deep insight from research, teaching, and community work – including @thecarpentries and @NFDI4Microbiota

A great finale ahead!

#Keynote #OpenScience #MetadataMatters

🖼️ The Poster & Demo Session at #HMC_CON2025 is now live!

Discover demos and posters highlighting innovations from across the metadata landscape – and connect with @HelmholtzImaging, @helmholtz_ai, #HIFIS,
#HIDA and @NFDI

Stop by, get inspired, and let’s talk data!

#PosterSession #MetadataMatters #InnovationInData

🎤 Kicking off #HMC_CON2025 with a powerhouse keynote from Simon Hodson, Exec. Director of @codata!

Known for leading the Turning FAIR into Reality report, Simon brings deep insight into the future of data.

A powerful start to the week! 🚀

#FAIRdata #MetadataMatters

As data stewards and managers, they're not just organizing assets, they’re earning the trust.

✅ They tag.
✅ They track lineage.
✅ They handle the (ahem) litter when quality drops.

Because in the end, structured, governed data, like a content cat, makes the whole organization purr. 😸

#DataStewardship #DataManagement #MetadataMatters #DataGovernance #CatsAndData #CaSDaR #DataHumor

Metadata is the real confession.
Your encryption is just decoration.
#MetadataMatters #SurveillanceEvasion #DeadSwitch #SignalWithoutWords

Our program leads are working together to be more transparent, coordinate more effectively, and build helpful structures that support our goals. It's still early days, but we're committed to learning in the open. More in our latest update: https://doi.org/10.64000/4s2ee-wkr84 #programmanagement #metadatamatters #scholcomms #scholarlypublishing

[BLOG] Putting the 'Open' in 'Thoth Open Archiving Network'

Our Archiving group announce a new direction for our #OpenAccess archiving solution 🆕

🔗 https://copim.pubpub.org/pub/thoth-open-archiving-network/

@Thoth_metadata

#OpenAccess #OA #OAbooks #MetadataMatters #Archiving #Transparency #OpenArchiving

Join us on May 14 for a walkthrough of Crossref's Participation Reports tool. This webinar will help you assess your metadata quality and give you practical tips to improve it. Discover how better metadata can increase the reach of your content. Register now to learn more: https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/3017368826684/WN__5gg5uMmS3iPWuOhCiIlvg
#metadatamatters

Join us for the Crossref community update this May! Get the latest insights and ask your questions live.

Session 1: 08:00 UTC https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/3417418684261/WN_hi1W-sewS62mOvxlrur8mw
Session 2: 15:00 UTC https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/2017418685487/WN_qGRW6JgoROaSDGvwrMUCUQ

#metadatamatters