Mission
The efforts of the unHIDE initiative are one part of the efforts by the Helmholtz metadata collaboration (HMC) to improve the quality, knowledge management and conservation of research output of the Helmholtz association with respect and through metadata. This is accomplished by making research output FAIR through better metadata or differently formulated creating to a certain extend in a certain form of a semantic web encompassing Helmholtz research.
With the unHIDE initiative our goal is to improve the metadata at the source and make data providers as well as scientists more aware of what metadata they put out on the web, how and with what quality. For this we create and expose the Helmholtz knowledge graph, which contains open high-level metadata exposed by different Helmholtz infrastructures. Also such a graph allows for services which serve needs of certain stakeholder groups to empower their work in different ways.
Beyond the knowledge graph in unHIDE we communicate and work together with Helmholtz infrastructures to improve metadata, (or make it available in the first place), through consulting, help and fostering networking between the infrastructures and respected experts.
With the implementation of the Helmholtz-KG, unHIDE will create substantial additional value for the Helmholtz digital ecosystem and its interconnectivity:
With the development of the Helmholtz-KG, unHide will:
- increase discoverability and actionability of HGF data across the whole Association*
- motivate enhancement of (meta)data quality [1] and interoperability
- provide overviews and diagnostics of the HGF data-space and digital assets
- allow for traceable and reproducible recovery of (meta)data to enhance research
- support connectivity of HGF data to interact with global infrastructures and projects
- act as a central access and distribution point for stakeholders within and beyond the HGF