The search interface has been updated. Another update is planned before Christmas. The current update contains modifications to SolR interaction, preparations for faceted search in more fields, improvement in the WMS client and more.

OCTOPUS is a multi-format Checker, Converter and Splitter tool. From the OCTOPUS web page:

GeRDI, the Generic Research Data (RD) Infrastructure, is a research data management initiative that addresses best practices for management of long tail data from several research communities across multiple domains, including marine and environmental sciences. The initiative has proposed a common metadata structure and design a generic architecture for a Research Data Infrastructure (RDI). GeRDI is supported by, among others Horizon 2020 and DFG (German Research Foundation).