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About Edmond

Edmond is the Open Research Data Repository for the Max Planck Society (MPG). It is operated by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL), which is part of Max Planck Information and Technology (MaxIT)

Edmond is the place to store completed datasets of research data with open access. It serves the publication of research data from all disciplines and offers scientists the ability to create citable research objects.

Mission statement​

  • Edmond - Open Research Data Repository of the Max Planck Society
  • Edmond - Serves the publication of research data from all disciplines
  • Edmond - Offers scientists the ability to create citable research objects
  • Edmond - Enables secure preservation: provision, describing, documentation, linking, publishing and archiving of all kinds of data
  • Edmond - Supports standardized metadata profiles
  • Edmond - Gives an insight into the work of scientists at the Max Planck Institutes

Edmond team and Contact​

  • The Edmond team operates and maintains the Edmond service, reviews and curates the datasets on Edmond, and can be contacted for support.
  • Support team members:
    • David Walter - DataReviewer, Edmond service lead
    • Michael Franke - DataReviewer, Head of Edmond
    • Sana Abdelkader - DataReviewer, Edmond support

For questions and problems you can contact our Edmond support team via email:

Contact per email