Resources
Communication kit
How to communicate about madbot? Here are some resources to help you.
Logo
Guidelines for use: do not alter colors, do not distort, and respect safety margins.
Icon
The plug on its own, for avatars and small spaces.
Name
Write madbot in lowercase, and Madbot at the start of a sentence or a title. Its full name is Metadata And Data Brokering Online Tool, and it is developed by IFB, the French node of ELIXIR.
Official colors
Blue carries text and backgrounds; orange is the accent, used sparingly for what should stand out.
madbot blue#023452 · RGB 2 52 82
madbot orange#F47D20 · RGB 244 125 32
Typography
For slides, posters and articles about madbot, use the same free fonts as this website:
- Gabarito for titles. Google Fonts ↗
- IBM Plex Sans for text. Google Fonts ↗
- IBM Plex Mono for code, identifiers and small labels. Google Fonts ↗
Ubuntu is reserved for the logo: use the logo file rather than retyping the name in Ubuntu.
Social networks
#madbotByIFB
About madbot
One line
Madbot (Metadata And Data Brokering Online Tool) is your scientific data copilot. Organize, orchestrate, and publish research effortlessly, with metadata that finally makes sense.
Short pitch
Developed by IFB, madbot (Metadata And Data Brokering Online Tool) is a tool designed to help researchers manage and share their scientific data more easily. As research data continues to grow in volume, it becomes harder to ensure that data is accessible, reusable, and easy to understand. While other tools exist to help with parts of this process, they often lack automation, standardization, or flexibility. Madbot solves these issues by providing a simple and comprehensive solution that follows international data standards, making it easier for researchers to publish their data. It automates much of the work involved in organizing and describing data, which saves time and effort for researchers. Madbot also helps ensure that data is described correctly and consistently, following well-established standards. This makes it easier for others to find and use the data in the future. The tool connects to various global platforms like Zenodo and ENA (European Nucleotide Archive), allowing researchers to submit their data directly to these repositories without hassle. Madbot’s easy-to-use interface allows users to interact with the system even if they don’t have technical expertise. Behind the scenes, the tool keeps everything organized, automatically checks for mistakes, and helps researchers create accurate and high-quality metadata. Madbot’s architecture is designed to be easily extensible, enabling integration with various data storage solutions, data repositories, and metadata standards. This flexibility allows researchers to adapt the tool to their specific needs, ensuring seamless interoperability with different research infrastructures. By simplifying the process of submitting research data, madbot encourages researchers to adopt open science principles, making their work more accessible to others. In the end, madbot helps reduce the barriers to sharing research data and makes it easier for scientists to contribute to the global scientific community.
Cite madbot
If you use madbot in your work, please cite it as follows.
Laurent BOURI, Imane MESSAK, Baptiste ROUSSEAU, Anakim GUALDONI, Elora VIGO, Matéo HIRIART, Hélène CHIAPELLO, Nadia GOUÉ, Julien SEILER, Thomas DENECKER. Madbot, a metadata and data brokering online tool to ensure the adoption of standards and FAIR principals in an open science context. Gitlab repository, IFB ELIXIR France, 2025. https://gitlab.com/ifb-elixirfr/madbot