Abstract
The aim of the RADAR (Research Data Repository) project is to set up and establish an infrastructure that facilitates research data management: the infrastructure will allow researchers to store, manage, annotate, cite, curate, search and find scientific data in a digital platform available at any time that can be used by multiple (specialized) disciplines. While appropriate and innovative preservation strategies and systems are in place for the big data communities (e.g., environmental sciences, space, and climate), the stewardship for many other disciplines, often called the “long tail research domains”, is uncertain. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the RADAR collaboration project develops a service oriented infrastructure for the preservation, publication and traceability of (independent) research data. The key aspect of RADAR is the implementation of a two-stage business model for data preservation and publication: clients may preserve research results for up to 15 years and assign well-graded access rights, or to publish data with a DOI assignment for an unlimited period of time. Potential clients include libraries, research institutions, publishers and open platforms that desire an adaptable digital infrastructure to archive and publish data according to their institutional requirements and workflows.
Highlights
IntroductionThe concept of data sharing and reuse is not new: before the digital revolution, journal articles could not feasibly include all the underlying data
Digitalization of Research WorkflowsIn principle, the concept of data sharing and reuse is not new: before the digital revolution, journal articles could not feasibly include all the underlying data
It became apparent that trust, along with knowledge regarding data curation, and compliance with the rules of good scientific practice in research organizations like DFG (German Research Foundation), HGF (Helmholtz Association) and MPG (Max Planck Society) is the key for encouraging personal motivation to publish primary data and other products of the research cycle
Summary
The concept of data sharing and reuse is not new: before the digital revolution, journal articles could not feasibly include all the underlying data. The established cooperation may result in a collaborative infrastructure that provides support services ranging from consultations for researchers, assistance with data management plans, to the provision of actual storage space for data preservation and data publication services (including the assignment of persistent identifiers to datasets). Such data infrastructures allow research data to be stored, managed, annotated and curated in a digital repository available at any time and to be used by multiple disciplines. RADAR is an interdisciplinary digital data repository that provides both preservation and publication services, primarily for disciplines without a tradition of data sharing, including the fields of the so-called long tail.
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