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¹Cluster of Excellence livMatS, Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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dtool and its lookup server (dserver) facilitate FAIR data management by packaging metadata with data. This decentralized system makes datasets findable, promoting accessibility and reproducibility in research.

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Area of Science:

Data Science
Research Data Management
Computational Science

Background:

FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reproducible) are crucial for modern research.
Existing data management solutions often require centralized systems or rigid metadata, hindering accessibility.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce dtool, a lightweight tool for managing research data.
To present dserver, a REST API-based lookup server, to address the findability challenge in decentralized data management.

Main Methods:

dtool packages immutable data with metadata into self-contained datasets.
dserver utilizes a REST API to index and enable discovery of dtool datasets.
The dtool ecosystem is designed for simplicity, modularity, and standardization.

Main Results:

dtool promotes data accessibility, interoperability, and reproducibility.
dserver effectively makes decentralized dtool datasets findable, enhancing the FAIRness of the ecosystem.
The dtool ecosystem bridges the gap between individual data management and platform solutions.

Conclusions:

The dtool ecosystem, with dserver, provides a practical solution for FAIR data management.
Its decentralized and standardized approach supports cross-disciplinary research data sharing and reuse.