Rolf Krahl
Rolf Krahl is responsible for scientific data management at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB). HZB operates large scientific facilities, such as the BESSY II synchrotron light source and users from all over the world come to Berlin to use these facilities for their research. Rolf's task is to setup and manage a data repository for the preservation and long term archival of the scientific data collected at HZB's instruments. He has a background in mathematics. Before joining HZB, he has been developing software for scientific computing, mainly in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Session
Modern science uses a wide variety of instrumentation as a core part of the research cycle. globally, and persistently identifying instruments has significant benefits for research, such as reusability, interoperability and transparency of scientific outputs, and have also many use cases in operational, funding, and administrative aspects of research processes. This workshop concentrates on discussing technical aspects of how to persistently identify instruments and on the societal and administrative aspects of practically implementing instrument identification in research organisations.
The workshop builds on the outputs of the Persistent Identification of Instruments Working Group in the Research Data Alliance, including the development and ongoing maintenance of the PIDINST metadata schema, and the outputs and plans of the TDCC-NES FAIR4instruments workshop on the practical implementation of instrument identification in the Netherlands.