29–31 Jul 2026
Nancy Rothwell Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Europe/London timezone

From Data Silos to Linked Research Workflows: Hands-on with OpenSemanticLab and OO-LD

29 Jul 2026, 15:00
3h
2B.003 (Nancy Rothwell Building)

2B.003

Nancy Rothwell Building

Nancy Rothwell Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Tutorial (invited) Tutorial Room 3 Tutorials

Description

This hands-on tutorial introduces OpenSemanticLab (OSL) as an integrated OpenSource platform for research data management, combining ELN, LIMS, and workflow support. Participants will learn how to model data using Object-Oriented Linked Data (OO-LD) and build simple linked data applications using Python and LLM integration.

This tutorial is split in 3 parts.

  • Part 1: A single Platform as ELN, LIMS, Workflow-, Project- and Terminology Management & more - Using OpenSemanticLab (OSL) for Research Data Management
  • Part 2: A custom schema in 5 minutes - Adapting OSL to your need by understanding Object-Oriented Linked Data (OO-LD)
  • Part 3: A linked research data app in 50 lines of code - Development with oold-python and its LLM integration

Audience

Researchers, data stewards, and R&D professionals with an interest in research data management and digitalisation in materials science; basic programming experience is helpful but not strictly required.

Pre-requisites

No prior knowledge of semantic technologies is required.
For part 3 basic familiarity with programming concepts (preferably Python) is beneficial

Setup

For part 3 a laptop with a modern web browser and Python (>=3.11, uv package manager) installed or access to a JupyterHub Notebook

Presentation materials

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