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B2FIND
Finding data objects and collections
through a web based discovery portal
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B2FIND is for…
• Researchers and end users who
want to search and access research
data
• Communities and other providers of
research data who are interested in
publishing their metadata in EUDAT
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Why B2FIND?
• It is based on a comprehensive joint metadata
catalogue of research data collections stored in
EUDAT data centres and other repositories
• Metadata is mapped and offered covering a
wide range of integrated communities
http://b2find.eudat.eu/group/
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More training material
User training presentation
In depth use instructions
End-users
https://www.eudat.eu/b2find-training-suite-0
Integration presentation: How to publish metadata
Motivation and requirements to integrate with B2FIND
Community decision-makers and facility managers
https://www.eudat.eu/b2find-training-suite-0
Hands-on training material
Usage and deployment tutorials
Modules for different kinds of users
https://github.com/EUDAT-Training/B2FIND-Training
8. b2find.eudat.eu
For more info: https://eudat.eu/services/b2find
User documentation: http://eudat.eu/services/userdoc/b2find
b2find.eudat.eu
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Authors Contributors
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 licence
EUDAT receives funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme - DG CONNECT e-Infrastructures.
Contract No. 654065
Heinrich Widmann, DKRZ Hannes Thiemann, DKRZ
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Editor's Notes
B2FIND is EUDAT’s simple, user friendly metadata catalogue allowing users to discover metadata from a wide range of scientific communities.
B2FIND is part of the EUDAT suite that represents an integrated set of services to support researchers and research communities to manage data through the data lifecycle. As your data moves through the data lifecycle, EUDAT services will help you manage your data using best practices followed by some of the world’s largest communities. B2FIND enables browsing and discovery of data stored through the B2SAFE and B2SHARE services.
B2FIND addresses two different target segments:
- Researchers and end users who want to search and access research data
- Communities and other providers of research data who are interested in publishing their metadata in EUDAT
In a nutshell B2FIND provides a simple and user-friendly discovery service on metadata steadily harvested from a wide range of research communities
What is the main added value of B2FIND? First of all B2FIND is based on a comprehensive joint metadata catalogue of research data collections stored in EUDAT data centers and other repositories. Secondly metadata is mapped to a common schema, which allows searches covering a wide range of integrated communities. Currently over 15 communities from different disciplines spanning from climate research to Social Sciences, from Biodiversity to Linguistics, from Archaeology to Seismology are integrated in B2FIND including metadata from ENES, CESSDA, DARIAH and many others. In a nutshell B2FIND allows research communities to publish metadata in EUDAT’s B2FIND catalogue and makes their research data searchable, viewable and accessible to the public, improving their interoperability and re-use.
B2FIND has a simple to use web interface reachable at b2find.eudat.eu. More details are given in the User Training presentation (specifically targeting researchers) and in the B2FIND integration presentation (specifically targeting research communities).
Additional information on B2FIND can be found at https://eudat.eu/services/b2find . Detailed user documentation is also available at http://eudat.eu/services/userdoc/b2find
Visit the B2FIND discovery portal at http://b2find.eudat.eu to find data objects and collections.