ct.qmat Research Data Infrastructure
Overview of the the research data management services of the ct.qmat cluster of excellence, enabling collaborative research. The infrastructure is built on a modern backbone, combining Kubernetes and Ceph for dynamic and robust operation.
Overview of ct.qmat collaborative research data infrastructure
Central user login
The NOMAD Oasis, eLabFTW, JupyterHub and GitLab use the same login, which can be managed here. Through the DFN-AAI, members of TU Dresden, JMU Würzburg, IFW Dresden and HZDR can sign in with their institutional accounts.
NOMAD Oasis
ct.qmat hosts a NOMAD Oasis located here, developed by the NFDI-consortium FAIRmat. It combines an electronic lab notebook, analysis tools powered by a JupyterHub and a data repository with rich, searchable metadata.
- Data repository for material science data
- Very rich metadata, searchable
- Includes electronic lab notebook features
- Tools for viewing and analyzing data
- JupyterHub integrated: nomad.ctqmat.de/nomad-oasis/gui/analyze/north
- Access and upload data via REST API (and SMB)
eLabFTW
- Widely used, feature-rich electronic lab notebook (ELN)
- Free and open source
- Interoperable with many other ELNs in "The ELN Consortium"
Jupyter Hub
- Interactively execute Python, Julia, R, etc.
- Code, narration and results in one document
GitLab
We have a GitLab here. It can be used for
- Collaborative source code management
- Workflow organization
- Running automatic tests
- Store large files with git LFS (=Large File Storage)
Overleaf
Collaborative online LaTeX editor at https://overleaf.ctqmat.de.
Contact / Help
You can reach the data management team through datamanagement.ct.qmat@listserv.dfn.de, we are always happy to help with data management challenges you encounter and open to suggestions on extending this infrastructure.
You might also get help on the Discord server of the Würzburg Chapter of DE-RSE, you can join the server through this invite link.