INFRA-ART data service

INFRA-ART platform relaunch: building an EOSC-compliant infrastructure for FAIR spectral data

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on February 4, 2026 — Reading time: 7 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series We are pleased to announce the relaunch of the INFRA-ART platform – a major milestone marked by the transition to a new, fully EOSC-aligned architecture. This release represents a fundamental technological upgrade of the INFRA-ART Spectral read more
FAIR data, global impact: what three years of INFRA-ART usage reveal

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on January 19, 2026 — Reading time: 7 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series Since the implementation of Google Analytics in October 2022, the INFRA-ART Spectral Library has steadily grown into a widely used international data service supporting research, education, and conservation activities across the globe. What began as a read more
INFRA-ART year end review: key milestones from 2025

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on December 18, 2025 — Reading time: 6 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series As 2025 comes to a close, we take a moment to reflect on a year of significant progress for the INFRA-ART Spectral Library. Over the past twelve months, INFRA-ART has evolved in both scale and maturity, read more
Strengthening FAIR data practices in heritage science: the FAIRMap4ART implementation story

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on November 11, 2025 — Reading time: 10 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series Imagine hundreds of curated, high-quality scientific datasets capturing the unique chemical fingerprints of pigments and other materials found in artworks or archaeological artifacts — all open, yet not machine-actionable. At the INFRA-ART Spectral read more
INFRA-ART spectral data collections: watercolors

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on October 22, 2025 — Reading time: 10 min Part of the INFRA-ART Spectral Data Collections article series Watercolor is among the most familiar and widely practiced painting media, yet its material behavior is uniquely complex — highly responsive to light, moisture, paper chemistry, and pigment composition. Unlike opaque paint read more
INFRA-ART spectral data collections: earth pigments

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on September 2, 2025 — Reading time: 20 min Part of the INFRA-ART Spectral Data Collections article series Earth pigments are among the oldest materials used in human artistic expression. These naturally occurring pigments, derived from iron oxides, manganese compounds, clays, and other minerals, have been used since the earliest read more
Is your data FAIR? Tools that help you find out

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on July 30, 2025 — Reading time: 12 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series From principles to practice: the role of FAIR assessment tools In today’s science and tech landscape, sharing data isn’t enough—it needs to be FAIR. The FAIR principles are quickly becoming a cornerstone of read more
FAIR way forward: building an EOSC-aligned interoperability roadmap for the INFRA-ART Spectral Library

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on July 14, 2025 — Reading time: 14 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series The data interoperability challenge Digital data serve as both the outputs of research and the foundation for new investigations, studies, and educational initiatives. To enable data to be reused in novel ways—often beyond read more
TRUST-inspiring and FAIR-enabling digital repositories: an implementation story

by Ioana Maria Cortea — Published on June 27, 2025 — Reading time: 11 min Part of the INFRA-ART FAIR Journey article series What is metadata and why is important? Metadata—commonly described as “data about data”—is the structured information that makes datasets findable, understandable, and reusable. According to ISO 11179, metadata is defined as “descriptive data read more