AIMS (Applying Interoperable Metadata Standards) is developing a platform for creating, sharing, and reusing interoperable and machine-readable metadata profiles based on SHACL shapes. The project addresses key challenges in research data management by enabling researchers to model semantic metadata schemas in a modular and hierarchical fashion using elements from established controlled terminologies. AIMS provides a central web-UI for managing profiles, backed by repositories for storing validated metadata sets and integrating with electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) like eLabFTW and openBIS. The project consortium includes ULB Darmstadt, RWTH Aachen IT Center, University of Rostock, Fraunhofer IWM, and University of Freiburg.
AIMS is an incubator project within the Terminology Service (TS) basic service of Base4NFDI.
Current status
Running — cycle 3, started 2026-03-01.
Timeline
- Start: 2026-03-01
- End: —
- Cycle: 3
Goals
- Replace current terminology providers with TS4NFDI API Gateway as unified terminology service
- Integrate TS4NFDI Service Suite widgets to AIMS
Partners & entities
- NFDI consortia: NFDI4Ing (1 linked)
- Participating entity: Technical University and State Library Darmstadt (1 linked)
- Related institutions: ULB Darmstadt, RWTH Aachen IT Center, University of Rostock, Fraunhofer IWM, and University of Freiburg
- Partner publications: 0
Notes
This report maps to row ts-aims in the NocoDB dashboard table.