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The research data management terminology formerly stewarded by CASRAI is now managed by CODATA. The terminology is reviewed via a lightweight and pragmatic process on an annual basis, drawing on the expertise of a voluntary expert Working Group.

Colorado State University librarians conducted five focus groups with thirty-one faculty, research scientists, and research associates. The groups explored: (1) The nature of data sets that these researchers create or maintain; (2) How participants manage their data; (3) Needs for support that th...

Panel discussion webinar, where data protection experts from across Europe gave their views on what changes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought for research, data archiving and data sharing and how researchers and institutions have implemented the GDPR. One year since the introd...

The paper aims to present the implementation of the RDA research data policy framework in Slovenian scientific journals within the project RDA Node Slovenia. The activity aimed to implement the practice of data sharing and data citation in Slovenian scientific journals and was based on internatio...

The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) is a broad-based, multilingual thesaurus for the social sciences. It is owned and published by the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) and its national Service Providers. The thesaurus consists of over 3,300 concepts...

Software programs are critical for handling the complex or large amounts of data available to researchers, and are vital tools for manipulating and analysing data. They are also important for producing graphics of data, mapping and data mining. The suite of training resources presented on this w...

The FORS replication service is dedicated to replication material related to publications by Swiss researchers, in Swiss journals or using Swiss data. Using the FORS replication service allows researchers to upload replication materials and describe them through structured metadata, and thus obta...

These slides were used as teaching material for the course Responsible Research and Innovation – RRI in practice held at University of Milano Bicocca within the Doctoral School from 9th to 16th May 2022. The set of slides includes four topics: RRI in practice - Sara Casati Open Science and FAIR...

The webinar introduces different storage solutions for research projects, guide you through key data security measures throughout the research process, and present different preservation options and requirements. By the end of the presentation you will know how to define a strategy to protect you...

The webinar introduces various legal and ethical requirements in Switzerland when conducting research in the social sciences. In particular, you will learn which laws apply to your discipline (whether or not you collect personal and sensitive data), your rights and obligations with respect to pro...