Friday, 19 January 2018

Framework for Research Data Management Makes Life Simpler for Researchers

AlphaGalileo
18 January 2018 Science Europe

The new framework, developed by the Science Europe Working Group on Research Data, provides a structured format that sets a number of minimum requirements for data management plans. Scientific communities are encouraged to build on this with the requirements that are specific to their field of research. This will result in domain data protocols that can be used as blank templates by individual researchers. Such protocols will both reduce the time needed for researchers to create data management plans, and simplify the process of evaluating them for research organisations.

The framework neatly fits into existing requirements for data management plans, and is easy to integrate in data policies that have already been or are currently being created. It was developed with a bottom-up approach in mind, allowing researchers to create data management plans that match their needs and requirements. At the same time, it enables research organisations to use them to ensure the efficacy and accountability of publicly funded research.

Over the coming months, the Science Europe Working Group on Research Data will engage with various scientific communities to promote the implementation of the framework and the creation of the first domain protocols based on it.
The guidance document with the framework is available at http://scieur.org/guidance-rdmps
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