Data Cataloguing

Lack of findability is perhaps the greatest barrier to data reuse. Recording structured, standardised information for all of an organisation’s data assets saves time, energy and money in the long run.

LNDS offers a Data Cataloguing service, to help organisations identify what information they should record and how. We advise which metadata models and cataloguing infrastructure best suit the organisation’s needs, and provide hands-on training on cataloguing best practices and tooling.

Save time and energy – know what data is available, where, and how!

Transforming data management planning: LIST data project story

Research today involves more data than ever before, and funders, such as the Luxembourg National Research Fund(FNR) and Horizon Europe, want to know how that data will be managed. This is why researchers are increasingly asked to prepare a Data Management Plan (DMP), describing how their data will be handled from start to finish. At…
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Insights from the 2026 Data Spaces Symposium

On 10–11 February 2026, the latest edition of the Data Spaces Symposium brought together the global data community in Madrid, reflecting the growing momentum of data spaces as a key pillar of the data economy. From our perspective at the Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS), with CEO Bert Verdonck and Solution Architect Dragos-Constantin Stoica present…
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Data Maturity Assessment: building data governance foundations for the Environment Agency

The Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS), has conducted a comprehensive Data Maturity Assessment in collaboration with the Luxembourg’s Environment Agency (Administration de l’environnement – AEV). The project provides AEV with an evidence-based understanding of its current data management practices and a structured foundation for the design and implementation of future data governance. So what did this assessment actually imply in practice?…
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