Obtaining Write Access to the National Metadata Directory

While the majority of metadata records should be automatically harvested to the National Metadata Directory (NMD), it may be necessary to create a metadata record for datasets from repositories that are not yet harvested by the NMD automatically. To do so, you need a user account.

Note that getting user account is not needed just to browse and/or search records.

Getting User Account in the NMD

Anybody can get a user account in the NMD. If you are affiliated with an academic institution in the Czech Republic (e.g. a university student or employee, AS ČR employee, …), an automatic registration is all you need. Otherwise, your application will be decided upon automatically.

Browse to https://nma.eosc.cz. Select Sign in.

You will be presented with a list of institutions. If you are affiliated with an academic institution in the Czech Republic, you should find it in the list, such as in this example: Using your institutional login in highly recommended.

If it is not the case, you may use your identity from one of following companies: Apple, GitHub, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and/or ORCID. Just search for the company name in the institution selection box:

After selecting your institution (or other identity provider), log into your institution’s system. You may be presented with a list of attributes about your person that are requested by the NMD. Please note that at least your name and e-mail address are mandatory to get access to the NMD. Should this be your first encounter with the national e-infrastructure, you may also be shown formal documents such as personal information processing statements, asked to verify your email etc.

When using our institutional login, provided you are an employee or a student of an academic institution, your access will be automatically approved. Otherwise your application will be checked manually and you will be notified via email.

Logging in to the NMD

After obtaining the user account, you can log into the NMD, using the Log in button. Similar to the registration process, select your institution from the list (or the social network identity used previously). Your browser will likely remember the previously selected organisation.

When logged in, you find your username in the upper right corner, you can also modify your preferences there.

How to proceed

Now you probably want to verify a dataset for RIV.

In case of any issues, kindly contact support.