DataPLANT’s mission is to lead the digital transformation in plant science by advancing from traditional publications to innovative data-driven formats like Annotated Research Contexts (ARC).
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DataPLANT builds user-friendly services that simplify data annotation and metadata management for plant scientists. By leveraging existing IT infrastructure, it aims to make the process as seamless and efficient as possible.
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DataPLANT develops research data management concepts and provides them as resources for the plant research community.
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DataPLANT participates in Accounting4NFDI
Sat Feb 28 2026
DataPLANT is involved in the preparation and proposal phase for an initialization phase of another Base4NFDI service Accounting4NFDI. This project has now formally started and DataPLANT is actively participating.Accounting, in a broader sense, refers to the process of identifying, measuring, and communicating (economic) information in order to enable well-informed decisions...
DataPLANT Strategy Meeting in Mannheim
Fri Feb 13 2026
In early February, the DataPLANT team met in Mannheim for an internalstrategy meeting to discuss key developments and align priorities forthe upcoming project phase. A central topic of the meeting was the evolving landscape of the NFDIand DataPLANT’s positioning within the broader national framework. Theteam reflected on current structural developments and discussedstrategic options to ensure continued impact,visibility, andsustainability of DataPLANT’s services for the plant science community...
DataPLANT contributes to the special issue of *Bausteine Forschungsdatenmanagement* on the topic “Research Data Management and Long-Term Archiving”
Wed Jan 07 2026
The open access journal *Bausteine Forschungsdatenmanagement* has published a special issue on the topic of research data management and long-term archiving. The contributions in this issue relate concepts and practices from ...
DataPLANT Participating and Presenting at 1st OA Workshop in Göttingen
Fri Nov 28 2025
The BIOIMAGE consortium, a method-centered initiative within the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), held its All Hands Meeting at Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf in early February. The three-day event provided a platform for in-depth discussions on collaboration, exchange in ideas on cross-community support, ...
DataPLANT supports "FDM-Werkstatt"
Mon Nov 24 2025
DataPLANT supports the next "FDM-Werkstatt", a community-driven workshop from 23.-25.03.2026 at HHU Düsseldorf.
DataPLANT launches the first Community Call
Mon Nov 17 2025
DataPLANT is pleased to announce the launch of our new Community Call, designed to support the plant science community in ...