1st Workshop:
August 22, 2024, Online
On August 22, 2024, we organized a workshop as part of the "FAIRmat Community Meets Technology Partners Workshops" series, focusing on "Data Exchange and Storage in Raman Spectroscopy." This workshop was held back to back, with a second workshop focused on ellipsometry. Both techniques are of significant interest to our community.
The workshop brought together scientific and technical experts to explore the future of data structures for optical spectroscopy methods, emphasizing Raman spectroscopy. We stressed the importance of FAIR data within the scientific community and its long-term value to society. We introduced and explained the NeXus standard and discussed its current implementation for Raman spectroscopy. While we gathered valuable ideas for future improvements, the feedback was positive, and the current standard was widely accepted.
Additionally, we held a detailed "how-to" session to demonstrate the essential steps for creating NeXus files using Python. Python provides easy access to NeXus as a FAIR data format, enabling lab integration for simple measurement setups. Finally, we outlined the goals and ideas for the next workshop.