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By Laura Wilson farm, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov No. NRCSCO87001, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=687412

Long-term datasets such as soil moisture and nutrient measurements, crop yield data, climate records, vegetation surveys, and biodiversity analyses are essential for research on sustainable land use and food security. Often generated over many years and stored in diverse formats, these data require reliable strategies for long-term accessibility. ZB MED and the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) have therefore established a joint, cross-institutional workflow to ensure their sustainable preservation.

ZALF enables the quality-assured publication of data in the BonaRes research data repository, where they are curated according to FAIR principles, enriched with structured metadata, and assigned persistent identifiers. ZB MED automatically transfers the published data into its digital long-term archive, continuously checks their technical integrity, and ensures their ongoing preservation, making them accessible and interpretable over time.

Close coordination between repository and archive ensures continuous quality assurance. Data and metadata are regularly reviewed, standards are further developed, and curation processes are refined. As part of the NFDI consortium FAIRagro, BonaRes contributes to the National Research Data Infrastructure, while the collaboration with ZB MED strengthens the long-term FAIRness and reliable reuse of the data. The trustworthiness of both infrastructures is confirmed by CoreTrustSeal certification.

Further links:

About BonaRes:
https://www.bonares.de/
https://doi.org/10.17616/R31NJMVY
CoreTrustSeal https://doi.org/10.34894/YPU0UO
About Digital Long-Term Preservation by ZB MED:
https://www.publisso.de/digitale-langzeitarchivierung
https://doi.org/10.17616/R31NJNVT
CoreTrustSeal https://doi.org/10.34894/MECO6U
Svoboda, N., Markus, K., Wutschka, A., Wallschläger, M., Parmaksiz, U., & Meier, K. (2025, März 4). Veränderte Nutzeranforderungen als Herausforderung für die Veröffentlichung und Langzeitarchivierung agrarwissenschaftlicher Daten. E-Science-Tage 2025, Heidelberg, Germany. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15114481
Markus, K. (2022, Juli 8). Long-term digital preservation of research data as a community-specific project. Libraries in the Research and Innovation Landscape (LIBER 2022), Odense, Denmark. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6812374

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.

ZB MED advocates Open Access

ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.

ZB MED cooperates with the AWMF

The Association of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF) brings together the interests of medical science and represents them externally. It acts on behalf of more than 180 medical and scientific societies.