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Data is most reusable where data types are simple and easy to describe, and when the community is organized and collaborative.
— Quote from “FAIR in practice”

Our most recent blog posts on technical design of the DiSSCo infrastructure

Evidence-based design: how user groups help shape the future of DiSSCover

At DiSSCo, our development process is user-centered. This ensures that every tool we build is tailored to the real-world workflows of the scientific community. To bridge the gap between engineering and practical institutional needs, we established a number of key user groups for DiSSCover. These groups serve as a continuous validation mechanism for us. Rather…

Martijn de Visser's avatar by Martijn de Visser

Maturing DiSSCover to become a future-proof platform

Happy fourth birthday, DiSSCover! Four years ago, DiSSCover was born with an ambitious mission: to play an active role in driving a digital revolution in collections research by digitising European specimen collections and working towards enriched digital specimen data through expert annotations. The application started out as a Proof of Concept, or in other words,…

Melanie de Leeuw's avatar by Melanie de Leeuw

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