The Materials Data Facility (MDF)
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A simple way to publish, discover, and access materials datasets
Data publication is handled through the MDF Connect Service.
PublishFrom kilobytes to terabytes, our data publication service can help you make your data available to the world.
When you publish your dataset, receive a permanent identifier (e.g., DOI) to make citing your work simple.
Researchers will be able to find datasets through the MDF services and through Google Scholar. Dataset contents can be accessed via Globus or web (HTTPS).
Browse published datasets through a web user interface.
Explore datasets and contents through a Python interface.
from mdf_forge.forge import Forge
mdf = Forge()
elems = ["Al","Cu"]
r = mdf.search_by_elements(elements=elems,
limit=10)
dest = "my-ep-id"
local_path = "/Users/me/globus"
mdf.get_globus(r, dest=dest,
local_path=local_path,
preserve_dirs=True)
OR
mdf.get_https(r)
MDF Forge facilitates rich queries that enable unprecedented exploration of indexed datasets.
Collecting data from various services can be challenging. Aggregating data from MDF-indexed datasets takes only a few lines of code!
MDF Discover allows programmatic access to the indexed dataset contents to facilitate automated analyses.
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This work was performed under financial assistance award 70NANB14H012 from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology as part of the Center for Hierarchical Material Design (CHiMaD).
This work was performed under the following financial assistance award 70NANB19H005 from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology as part of the Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD).