Multifunctional data in a multifunctional landscape – Development of an ontology-based metadata description of near-surface geophysical data

Published April 24, 2026 | Version v1

Poster Open

Near-surface geophysical methods are used to characterise soil properties on agricultural sites and are also useful in
providing information on archaeological features and soil dynamics.
Metadata standards are essential for making data reusable and interoperable, as well as facilitating its findability and
accessibility, which goes in line with the FAIR principles.
The aim of use case is therefore to develop a metadata standard that will later be made available as a tool for data
collection in order to implement the FAIR principles in practice and enable interchangeability.
Developed as a joint initiative within the NFDI consortia FAIRagro, NFDI4Objects and NFDI4Earth (Werban et al., 2025)

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Subtitle (English): First results from a cross-consortium use case within the NFDI

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