CREAM at IDCC16

Iris, Cerys, and Colin attended – and very much enjoyed – the IDCC16 Conference in Amsterdam, 22-25 February 2016.

Our presentation, “Using metadata actively”, began by explaining that making metadata mean more was our aim, expressed in just four words. A PDF of the talk is available for download from the Conference programme. Judging by the questions from the audience, we struck some chords.

It was fascinating to see an example of active use in a previous talk, about the management of gravitational wave research data, as depicted in this extract from the presentation:

Our workshop, “Metadata in Action”, was enjoyed by all the participants. See Metadata in Action workshop for a fuller description of this workshop.