Tibor Kalman
I am an IT professional at GWDG, Germany. I joined GWDG in 2005 and contributed to several international infrastructure and data management projects with the aim to build up research environments for various disciplines.
I am Chair of the Management Board of ePIC (‘PID Consortium for eResearch’) and I am the Coordinator of EOSC's Opportunity Area Expert Group on 'Persistent Identifiers'.
I hold a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Göttingen.
I also has 20+ years experience as an independent IT consultant specialising in small and medium-sized enterprises.
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B2INST is a Persistent Identifier (PID) service that is designed to persistently register, describe and reference instruments and equipment. By uniquely identifying instruments, describing them with metadata and ensuring they are reliably citable, B2INST aims to address gaps in research data management and enhance the reproducibility of scientific results.
B2INST provides unique, stable, globally resolvable identifiers for scientific instruments and research equipment. This allows researchers to unambiguously reference and cite the instruments used in their research, thereby promoting transparency, reproducibility, and collaboration. Assigning a persistent identifier to each instrument can also support tracking of instrument usage.
The metadata management uses the RDA-endorsed PIDINST metadata schema to capture details such as the instrument's name, model, owner and manufacturer. This provides the basis for standardised information exchange.
Additionally, the community features allow research communities to extend metadata schemas, implement moderation workflows, and apply their own branding.
For more than a decade, the ePIC (Persistent Identifier Consortium for eResearch) initiative has been delivering a robust PID infrastructure across the globe. In that time, it has expanded both in terms of members and the suite of standardised services offered.
Come see if ePIC has something to offer you as a user, project collaborator, service provider, or perhaps even as consortium member!