We’re pleased to announce the publication of a new paper in AI Magazine titled “Knowledge Engineering for Open Science: Building and Deploying Knowledge Bases for Metadata Standards.” Synthesizing ten years of CEDAR research, the paper makes the case that the metadata templates at the heart of CEDAR are a modern form of declarative knowledge base—capturing, […]
This latest update strengthens CEDAR’s ability to support rich, standardized scientific metadata through the addition of new external authority field types. What’s New RRID Field SupportCEDAR now supports the RRID (Research Resource Identifier) field type. Template authors can include RRID fields in their templates and instances, allowing users to record standardized identifiers for reagents, tools, […]
We’re pleased to announce that CEDAR 2.7.11 has been successfully deployed to production. This release brings important improvements to the metadata authoring experience and introduces support for additional field types. What’s New PFAS Field AvailabilityCEDAR now supports the new PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) field. Template authors can incorporate PFAS-related metadata fields directly into their […]
We’re excited to announce support for a new YAML-based representation of CEDAR metadata artifacts. YAML (YAML Ain’t Markup Language) offers a more readable, compact alternative to JSON for defining CEDAR templates, elements, fields, and instances—making it easier for users and developers to understand and edit metadata structures. Why YAML? CEDAR templates have traditionally been represented […]