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Metadata is more than the description of your research data. They contain important information on the data content, collection, and processing (who, when, what, where, how, how often, etc.). Only by means of metadata, data portals like the GFBio Data Search can browse, filter, and navigate through huge research data collections. They also make your data findable. There are certain metadata standards and defined terminologies that enable the integration of research data from different partners. You can, for example, use our VAT tool and intersect your own data sets with layers from GFBio data archives.
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