Abstract
Background: Research Software is a concept that has been only recently clarified. In this paper we address the need for a similar enlightenment concerning the Research Data concept. Methods: Our contribution begins by reviewing the Research Software definition, which includes the analysis of software as a legal concept, followed by the study of its production in the research environment and within the Open Science framework. Then we explore the challenges of a data definition and some of the Research Data definitions proposed in the literature. Results: We propose a Research Data concept featuring three characteristics: the data should be produced (collected, processed, analyzed, shared & disseminated) to answer a scientific question, by a scientific team, and has yield a result published or disseminated in some article or scientific contribution of any kind. Conclusions: The analysis of this definition and the context in which it is proposed provides some answers to the Borgman's conundrum challenges, that is, which Research Data might be shared, by whom, with whom, under what conditions, why, and to what effects. They are completed with answers to the questions: how? and where?
Highlights
Each particle of the Universe, known or unknown by what is widely accepted as Science, is information
Different datasets can be associated to each particle to convey information, as, for example: where has this particle been discovered? By whom? At what time? Is this particle a constituent element of a rock, or a plant, or...? as living entities of the Earth planet, ...we are all part of this Universe and every atom in our bodies came from a star that exploded..., ...we are all stardust
The Research Data (RD) is involved in the obtention of the results presented in scientific articles
Summary
2. Remedios Melero , Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, CSIC, Valencia, Spain. Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. Keywords Research Data, Research Software, Open Science. This article is included in the Research on Research, Policy & Culture gateway
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