Abstract
The implementation of a scientific research data management system is an important task within long-term, interdisciplinary research projects. Besides sustainable storage of data, including accurate descriptions with metadata, easy and secure exchange and provision of data is necessary, as well as backup and visualisation. The design of such a system poses challenges and problems that need to be solved.This paper describes the practical experiences gained by the implementation of a scientific research data management system, established in a large, interdisciplinary research project with focus on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Data.
Highlights
The management of research data, including sustainable storage, accurate description with metadata, easy and secure exchange and provision, back up, and visualization, is an important task within long-term, interdisciplinary research projects
This paper describes the practical experiences gained by the implementation of a data management system, the TR32DB
The importance of a well arranged research data management system should be made clear by a statement of Heidorn (2008), who notes that primary data, which is not released and archived in a public accessible infrastructure, bears a resemblance to unpublished research
Summary
The management of research data, including sustainable storage, accurate description with metadata, easy and secure exchange and provision, back up, and visualization, is an important task within long-term, interdisciplinary research projects. This is essential in research projects that focus on environmental field studies and regional modelling (Mückschel & Nieschulze, 2004). This paper describes the practical experiences gained by the implementation of a data management system, the TR32DB It was established for the inter- and multidisciplinary research project Transregional Collaborative Research Center 32 (CRC/TR 32) ‘Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems: Monitoring, Modelling, and Data Assimilation’ funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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