National Research Data Infrastructure
The german federal and state governments have decided to support the development of a national data infrastructure since 2019. The aim of the initiative is to systematically catalogue digital databases and make them accessible to the German science system. In the longer term, the infrastructure should bring together data across databases, disciplines and countries.
Further information on the NFDI is provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF):
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (2023, 22. März). Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur. https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/de/forschung/das-wissenschaftssystem/nationale-forschungsdateninfrastruktur/nationale-forschungsdateninfrastruktur_node.html
Cf. also:
Strech, D., Graf von Kielmansegg, S., Zenker, S., Krawczak, M., & Semler, S. C. (2020). „Datenspende“ – Bedarf für die Forschung, ethische Bewertung, rechtliche, informationstechnologische und organisatorische Rahmenbedingungen, 43ff. https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/publikationen/details/datenspende-bedarf-fuer-die-forschung-ethische-bewertung-rechtliche-informationstechnologische-und-organisatorische-rahmenbedingungen (German)