Webinar: How do we use metadata to plug your Physical Science data or software into PSDI?

Name: Webinar: How do we use metadata to plug your Physical Science data or software into PSDI?
Start: 2025-12-11T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-11T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Online

This webinar introduces the first version of the PSDI launched in spring 2025, explaining how to integrate physical sciences resources like data, services, tools, and guidance into its resource catalogue and cross-data search using PSDI’s metadata framework.

Abstract

The first version of the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) was launched in spring this year. Here we describe how we plug a physical sciences resource (data, services, tools, guidance) into PSDI’s resource catalogue and PSDI cross data search via PSDI’s metadata. This webinar would be interest to new PSDI partners and physical sciences researchers who are considering contributing to PSDI in the future.

Biography

Dr Aileen Day is a Senior Data Engineer for the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI), where she leads the development of PSDI’s metadata. Throughout her career, she has bridged science (Chemistry and Materials Science) and computing (computer modelling, programming, and databases). She began by studying materials science at Cambridge University, followed by a PhD in the chemistry department at University College London, focusing on computer modelling of zeolites. She then served as a Materials Information Consultant for Granta Design, creating databases of materials properties, test data, and design data, while training customers on setup, usage, and workflow integration. Subsequently, she worked for the Royal Society of Chemistry, developing RSC resources (including RSC Publications, ChemSpider, ontologies, and educational projects like the RSC Learn Chemistry Wiki) and linking them internally and externally.