Long Live Research Data
National EOSC CZ Conference 2025
2–3 December, Ostrava
Day 2 Programme: Workshops and Trainings
The workshops form the interactive part of the conference, focusing on practical skills, experience sharing, and open discussion. Participants will gain concrete knowledge and tips applicable in their daily work. The second day of the conference will feature two parallel thematic tracks dedicated to key areas of research data management and the development of data infrastructures.
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Repo Builders
Young Researchers
BLOCK 1: Creating a New Repository
9:00–9:40 The Process of Creating a New Repository
A comprehensive overview of the entire process of building a repository from the moment of creating a repository in the NRP environment is considered to supporting a production repository. You will learn about available methodological support and good practice. We will go through the overview of the process together step by step and leave room for questions.
Tutor: Illyria Brejchová
9:40–10:10 Core NRP Repository Systems
The session will present the core repository systems of the National Repository Platform (NRP) – CESNET Invenio, CLARIN DSpace and ASEP/ARL. It will focus on their main characteristics, functionalities, customizability, extensibility, and integration with other NRP tools.
Tutors: Illyria Brejchová | Milan Janíček | Eliška Blažková
10:10–10:30 Legal and Licensing Aspects of Repositories
This session will describe the legal framework for establishing and operating repositories in the NRP, review key points of the basic documents outlining the rules for repositories in the NRP environment, cover key roles in repositories (founder, administrator, curator), their responsibilities, and relationships to the NRP operator, and touch on deposit and user licenses.
Tutor: Daniel Mikšík
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
BLOCK 1: My Data – Basic Data Stewardship
9:00–9:45 FAIR on the First Try
We will show the current common requirements for working with data in research projects according to FAIR principles, and in particular, we will focus on how to meet them in practice. Step by step, we will go through the individual phases of the life cycle of a research project/research data. We will demonstrate how to fill all the items on the work checklist, from planning the research, collecting and processing the data, to the longer-term preservation and sharing.
Tutor: Michal Růžička
9:45–10:30 Persistent Identifiers – Why and How
Introduction to Persistent Identifiers for early-career researchers. The presentation will introduce the most widely used persistent identifiers, explain their purpose, and demonstrate how to use them effectively.
Tutor: Hana Heringová
10:30–11:00 Coffee Break
BLOCK 2: Services and Tools for Repositories
11:00–11:40 UX, Testing, and Metrics
The session will focus on user experience, testing, metrics and their value for NRP repositories. Approaches and tools that help create repositories that are not only functional and reliable, but also clear and visually attractive will be presented. Participants will learn about methods of design, user testing, feedback collection and usability evaluation. The session will offer inspiration on how to make a repository a user-friendly tool.
Tutors: Illyria Brejchová | Pavlína Špringerová | Veronika Němcová | Karolína Menclerová
11:40–12:00 FAIR Principles in NRP Repositories
Repositories already offer a wide range of mechanisms and tools that support researchers in publishing their data in alignment with the FAIR principles. In this session, we’ll explore specific use cases and implemented solutions, highlighting how these approaches enhance the overall quality and functionality of services within the broader research data ecosystem.
Tutor: Milan Janíček
12:00–12:15 AAI and the Service Support System
How does unified authentication and authorization work in NRP and what is it good for? Setting up a service desk, the responsibility of the repository administrator to provide support and explain how they can fulfil it.
Tutor: Eliška Blažková
12:15–12:30 Repository System Specialists Q&A
Q&A Session Participants:
Illyria Brejchová | Milan Janíček | Lucie Hošková | Eliška Blažková | Daniel Mikšík
12:30–13:30 Lunch
BLOCK 2: My Data – Management and Storage
11:00–11:30 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DMP
Are you a doctoral student or a recent post-doc who has just heard the term 'Data Management Plan' (DMP) for the first time? If you answered 'yes', then this session is for you! It will briefly introduce the benefits of 'data management planning', discuss what a completed Data Management Plan should look like, and showcase Data Stewardship Wizard as a tool for creating DMPs. Overall, the session will show that a well-written DMP helps you better manage your data.
Tutor: Antonín Zita
11:30–12:00 Where to with it? Deciding where to publish data
Do you have research data? And do you know where to publish and/or archive them? Maybe in the repository-thing, which you hear so much about lately? But what is the repository, what is it good for and how to choose the right one? That is the question (that we will deal with on this workshop).
Tutor: Jan Vališ
12:00–13:00 Lunch
BLOCK 3: Metadata I
13:30–13:50 Czech Core Metadata Model
What are the changes in new version of Czech Core Conceptual Model and what is their impact on technical implementation in XML. A brief introduction to the Czech Core Metadata Model (CCMM) is followed by news in version 1.1.0 and update on progress in crosswalk between CCMM and other metadata schemas – specifically DataCite and OpenAIRE.
Tutor: Michal Med
13:50–14:35 Selecting a Domain Specific Metadata Model
The session will introduce practical approaches to selecting or designing a domain-specific metadata model and mapping it to the Czech Core Metadata Model (CCMM). The speakers will discuss how to identify and evaluate existing standards and repositories, what to consider when the available models are not expressed in RDF. Several implementation pathways will be explored — from extending CCMM to adopting a domain-specific standard or developing a custom metadata model. The session will also touch upon practical questions related to using Dataspecer as a tool for metadata modelling.
Tutors: Petra Černohlávková | Pavel Kotlík | Jakub Klímek
14:35–15:00 National Metadata Directory
Presentation of the National Metadata Directory in the context of the Open Science Repository Platform and its links to other systems, especially the processes of harvesting metadata from subject repositories. The practical part will focus on the OAI-PMH protocol and testing its basic functions. In addition to the example of obtaining metadata from the repository, the specifics of implementing OAI-PMH points with support for the CCMM model will be discussed in general.
Tutor: Michal Klodner
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
BLOCK 3: My Data - Processing and Analysis
13:00–14:30 AI in Data Management
The workshop will focus on the use of large language models (LLMs) and related services for working with data — from simple visualizations to advanced analytical methods. It will also cover the topic of generating synthetic datasets. In addition to standard chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, specialized tools like Julius AI will be introduced. These tools can significantly speed up and simplify data work without requiring in-depth programming knowledge. The practical format of the workshop will allow participants to try everything out through concrete examples.
Tutor: David Chudán
14:30–15:00 Computing Time and Data Processing Using Supercomputers
To be determined
Tutor: Kateřina Martinovičová
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
15:30–16:30 Case Studies: Your FAIR Data / Using External Data
To be determined
Speaker: Jan Fišer
BLOCK 4: Metadata II
15:30–16:00 National Catalogue of Repositories and Controlled Vocabularies
Introduction to the architecture of the National Catalogue of Repositories (NKR), a system designed to register Czech research data repositories and improve their visibility, transparency, and interoperability. It also introduces the integrated module for controlled vocabularies that provides a centralized environment for publishing and reusing terminologies aligned with national needs and European standards.
Tutor: Alexandr Kuchynka
16:00–16:30 Persistent Identifiers
Exploring the role of persistent identifiers (PID) in the Czech National Data Infrastructure (NDI). Understanding the recommendations and best practices regarding the selection and use of PIDs for a repository as well as related requirements within NDI.
Tutor: Hana Heringová