re3data.org Registry of Research Data Repositories

Peter Schirmbacher | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ETD | Hong Kong, September 25. 2013

Outline

• Background

• Research Data Repositories

• Mission

• Status quo

Background

1. Research data are valuable and ubiquitous

new technologies facilitate data-intensive science

2. Broad discussion about the permanent access to research data

increasing requirements from funders to make data openly

available

3. Growing demand for trustable and sustainable research data

repositories

Reference: Michael Nentwich, 2003, Cyberscience – Research in the Age of the Internet, S. 24

Enquete-Kommission of the German Parliament:

Internet and digital Society

Enquete-Kommission Internet und digitale Gesellschaft, 2012.

The Royal Society „Scientists should communicate the data they collect and the models they create, to allow free and open access, and in ways that are intelligible, assessable and usable for other specialists in the same or linked fields wherever they are in the world. Where data justify it, scientists should make them available in an appropriate data repository. Where possible, communication with a wider public audience should be made a priority, and particularly so in areas

where openness is in the public interest.“ The Royal Society, 2012.

EC: Recommendations for the Memberstates

European Commission. (2012). Commission Recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information. C(2012) 4890 final. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/recommendation-access-and-preservation-scientific-information_en.pdf

Research-Data-Repositories

• EC: ICT infrastructures for e-science

„The landscape of data repositories across

Europe is fairly heterogeneous, but there is a

solid basis to develop a coherent strategy to

overcome the fragmentation and enable

research communities to better manage, use,

share and preserve data.“ European Commission. (2009). ICT infrastructures for e-science. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2009) 108 final. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0108:FIN:EN:PDF

High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data, 2010.

Vision 2030

• „Researchers and practitioners from any discipline are able to

find, access and process the data they need. They can be

confident in their ability to use and understand data, and they

can evaluate the degree to which that data can be trusted.“

• “Producers of data benefit from opening it to broad access, and

prefer to deposit their data with confidence in reliable

repositories. A framework of repositories is guided by

international standards, to ensure they are trustworthy.”

Van der Graaf, M., & Waaijers, L. 2011.

Key Drivers for the Vision 2030

• Incentives for scholars

• Training the researcher and users

• Building the infrastructure „The three main challenges in developing an ecosystem of data

repositories are (1) gaps in the present data infrastructure and (2)

connectivity issues (between the workflow of researchers and the

institutional data infrastructure and between institutional and

national data infrastructures) and (3) long-term financial basis.”

• Funding the infrastructure

The Research Data Repositories Landscape

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funders

scientists

journals

universities and research labs

research data repositories

Where can I store my data?

Investigators are expected to share their data!

Underlying data must be accessible!

Where can I find data?

Should we offer repositories for all disciplines?

How is it to organize?

Research Data Repositories

PANGAEA, http://www.pangaea.de

GEO, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/

BDPP, http://www.digitalpantheon.ch

SDDB, http://www.scientificdrilling.org

Research Data Repositories

Open Data LMU, http://data.ub.uni-muenchen.de

PURR, http://research.hub.purdue.edu

Research Data Repositories

Mission

re3data.org

• will be a global registry of research data repositories

• will cover research data repositories from all academic disciplines

• will help researchers, funding bodies, publishers and scholarly

institutions to find research data repositories

• aims to promote a culture of sharing, increased access and better

visibility of research data

General Workflow

re3data.org: Aspects

re3data.org: Vocabulary

• Vierkant, P., Spier, S., Rücknagel, J.,

Gundlach, J., Fichtmüller, D., Pampel,

H., Kindling, M., et al. (2012).

Vocabulary for the Registration and

Description of Research Data

Repositories. Version 2.0.

DOI:10.2312/re3.002

Indexing

• Indexing and reviewing • 31 metadata elements • 25 child elements • 22 controlled vocabularies

• Icon set to easily grasp basic information

• Useful for institutions and researchers

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Partners and Sustainability • Berlin School of Library and Information Science

Peter Schirmbacher (Principal Investigator), Maxi Kindling, Paul Vierkant, Jessika Rücknagel, Shaked Spier

• GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Roland Bertelmann ((Principal Investigator), Jens Klump, Heinz Pampel

• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), KIT Library Frank Scholze ((Principal Investigator) Hans-Jürgen Goebelbecker, Jens Gundlach,

• All partners are actively involved in the German Initiative for Network Information (DINI).

• re3data.org is funded by the German Research Foundation DFG in the period 2012 to 2014

Thanks for your attention!

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Quotation of References

• Baker, M. (2012). Databases fight funding cuts. Nature, 489(7414), 19–19. doi:10.1038/489019a • ELIXIR. (n.d.). The ELIXIR Strategy for Data Resources. Draft Report from Workpackage 2. The ELIXIR Preparatory Phase.

Retrieved from http://www.elixir-europe.org/bcms/elixir/Documents/reports/ELIXIR Strategy for Data Resources report.pdf

• European Commission. (2009). ICT infrastructures for e-science. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2009) 108 final. Retrieved from http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0108:FIN:EN:PDF

• European Commission. (n.d.). Main references to open access in the European Commission’s proposals for Horizon 2020. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-in-horizon-2020_en.pdf

• High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data. (2010). Riding the wave. How Europe can gain from the rising tide of scientific data. Retrieved from http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/docs/hlg-sdi-report.pdf

• Pampel, H., Goebelbecker, H.-J., & Vierkant, P. (2012). re3data.org: Aufbau eines Verzeichnisses von Forschungsdaten-Repositorien. Eine Werkstattbericht. (Forthcoming). WissKom2012. Jülich: Forschungszentrum Jülich.

• Van der Graaf, M., & Waaijers, L. (2011). A Surfboard for Riding the Wave. Towards a four country action programme on research data. Retrieved from http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=/Files/Filer/downloads/Primary+Research+Data/Surfboard+for+Riding+the+Wave/KE_Surfboard_Riding_the_Wave_Screen.pdf

• Vierkant, P., Spier, S., Rücknagel, J., Gundlach, J., Fichtmüller, D., Pampel, H., Kindling, M., et al. (2012). Vocabulary for the Registration and Description of Research Data Repositories. Version 2.0. DOI:10.2312/re3.002