Research Data WG

Objectives and tasks

The joint Forschungsdaten von DINI e.V. WG (founded in 2014) and nestor share the goal of supporting interdisciplinary and inter-institutional liaison, as well as the coordination of activities related to the topics of research data and research data management in the German-speaking countries. The insights of experienced specialists and institutions should feed into the management of research data and be disseminated, thereby helping to support the so-called small sciences or smaller infrastructure facilities. The WG cooperates locally, nationally and internationally, as well as on a discipline-specific and interdisciplinary basis with other initiatives to advance research data management in Germany in a coordinated manner.

Key topics include

•     Long-term preservation of research data
•     Research data policies
•     Data management plans
•     Qualification of / training for different actors
•     Institutional use of persistent identifiers
•     Discussion of legal framework in collaboration with the alliance initiative
•     Cooperation models
•     Selection and evaluation of research data
•     Metadata for research data in cooperation with DINI-WG KIM
•     Research data as an integral part of virtual research environments

The DINI/nestor WG provides a platform in two ways: it uses and participates in the Web-based wiki platform www.forschungsdaten.org and it is also a platform in the sense of a communication network for the staff involved.

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