INFRA-ART data service

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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