The RADAR team at FIZ Karlsruhe continues to enhance RADAR4Chem as a service for FAIR data publication in chemistry.
With the integration of the NFDI basic service TS4NFDI (Terminology Services for NFDI), the NFDI4Chem terminology collection is now activated by default in all RADAR4Chem workspaces. This enables data providers to easily select standardised terms when entering keywords, supported by typeahead suggestions that offer relevant terms via a dropdown list during input.
Standardised terms and their associated ontologies are clearly displayed on the dataset landing pages and enriched with additional contextual information. This improves the interpretability of datasets, makes them more easily linkable, and enhances their interoperability, thereby supporting their integration into knowledge graphs and other semantic infrastructures.
To help users make the most of these features, the RADAR4Chem team has published an updated Quickstart Guide, now including dedicated guidance on working with standardised terminologies:
Soltau, K., & Göller, S. (2026). RADAR4Chem: Quickstart Guide für Datengeberinnen und Datengeber. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19052407
The team also encourages RADAR4Chem data providers to revisit existing datasets and enhance their metadata using the new terminology options.
In parallel, the RADAR team has released an updated and expanded overview of how RADAR implements the FAIR principles in practice. The overview links each FAIR principle to concrete repository features and services, providing a transparent and structured insight into FAIR data publication with RADAR: https://radar.products.fiz-karlsruhe.de/en/nachricht/fair-der-praxis-aktualisierte-uebersicht-zur-umsetzung-der-fair-prinzipien-bei-radar
As RADAR4Chem builds on these FAIR functionalities, it offers researchers in chemistry a robust, easy-to-use and sustainable environment for publishing high-quality, reusable research data.
