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19 June 2024

Save the date: DANS Open Day – Open Data, Open Science

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences DataverseNL

FAIR and Open data RDM Training & Outreach Consultancy Tools

We are pleased to invite the research support community, policymakers, and researchers to our upcoming Open Day on 14 November 2024.ย Join us for an insightful event dedicated to promoting Open Data & Open Science and its principles.

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3 June 2024

Stand a chance to win the Dutch Data Prize 2024!

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences

FAIR and Open data

Every two years, the Dutch Data Prize is awarded to an individual or team that makes research data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable).It’s now possible to nominate a dataset.

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22 April 2024

4CH project has been completed

Archaeology

Training & Outreach Consultancy

The aim of the project was to prepare for the establishment of a center of competence in the field of preservation and conservation of historical monuments and archeological sites. In December 2023, the 4CH project, which had a duration of three years, was completed. The results are now accessible.

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8 April 2024

European archival guidelines for archaeologists

Archaeology

To protect archaeological heritage, the European Archaeological Council (EAC) has published archival guidelines for archaeologists.

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8 March 2024

Croissant helps standardise ML datasets

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences DataverseNL

Tools

On 6 March 2024, MLCommons (an Artificial Intelligence engineering consortium) announced the release of Croissant, a metadata format to help standardise machine learning (ML) datasets. The aim of Croissant is to make datasets easily discoverable and usable across tools and platforms. This is highly relevant in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) tasks on FAIR data sustainability and important for Linked Data in general.

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DANS wishes you a merry christmas and happy newyear

22 December 2023

2023 was an eventful year

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences DataverseNL EASY

FAIR and Open data RDM Collaborations Training & Outreach Consultancy Tools

In the dynamic landscape of research data, 2023 proved to be a year of remarkable developments for DANS. From the launch of Data Stations to participation in international projects, here’s an overview of the highlights.

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11 December 2023

Deposit your datasets in the DANS Data Stations

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences EASY

From 11 December 2023, it will no longer be possible to deposit data in EASY. Researchers, groups of researchers and data professionals can archive and publish their data in one of the four domain-specific DANS Data Stations. There is a Data Station for Archaeology, Social Sciences and Humanities, Physical & Technical Sciences, and a Data Station for Life Sciences.

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27 November 2023

An archaeological journey through the landscape of Nijmegen

Archaeology

Regularly, while curating datasets, we come across gems that deserve to be highlighted. This certainly applies to the dataset containing a geomorphogenetic map of Nijmegen-North, the Netherlands, which is available in the Data Station Archaeology. This map reveals the palaeogeographic and soil data of the area and offers a wealth of information.

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