This page is supposed to serve as a Starter Kit for research data management (RDM). It lists resources designed to help researchers get started to organize their data.
The list of resources presented here has been prepared with utmost care by the GO FAIR International Support and Coordination Office (GFISCO). Yet, it makes no claim to completeness and is provided for informational purposes only. Listing of a resource does not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the GFISCO of any of the services or opinions of the organisation or individuals. The GFISCO bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external links provided below, please contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.
Where to find a suitable research data repository and RDM support
- FAIRsharing: searchable curated registry of databases, repositories, (inter-related to) data/metadata standards, and data policies by journals/publishers and funders (International)
- RatSWD: 31 data centers accredited by the German Data forum according to uniform and transparent standards (Germany)
- re3data.org: Registry of Research Data Repositories with detailed information about over 2000 research data repositories (International)
Research Data Management Plans
- Data Stewardship Wizard created by ELIXIR CZ and NL
- DMPonline of the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), UK
- DMPTool of University of California Curation Center of the California Digital Library (CDL), USA
- RDMO Research Data Management Organiser of the German Research Foundation, Germany
- Data Management Plan Catalogue of the LIBER Research Data Management Working Group
- Practical Guide on Research Data Management , developed by experts from Science Europe Member Organisations
Information about Persistent Identifiers (PID)
- DOI: List of current DOI registration agencies provided by the International DOI Foundation
- Handle: Assigning, managing and resolving persistent identifiers for digital objects and other Internet resources provided by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
- PURL: Persistent Identifiers developed by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Since 2016 hosted by the Internet Archive
- URN: List of all registered namespaces provided by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
Information about licenses
- License Chooser: Tool that helps to select and apply a license to a resource, provided by Creative Commons
- Guidelines for Legal Interoperability Of Research Data created by RDA & CODATA
Helpful webpages and presentations for Research Data Management
- How to FAIR: a Danish website to guide researchers on making research data more FAIR by D.B. Deutz, M.C.H. Buss, J. S. Hansen, K. K. Hansen, K.G. Kjelmann, A.V. Larsen, E. Vlachos, K.F. Holmstrand (2020).
- A FAIRy tale by Karsten Kryger Hansen, Mareike Buss & Lea Sztuk Haahr
- https://auffinden-zitieren-dokumentieren.de/auffinden/ (German)
- https://www.rd-alliance.org/about-rda (English)
- Open Science presentation by Sarah Jones, researcher with the Digital Curation Centre
- Guide on the basics of Research Data Management by EPFL Library: https://researchdata.epfl.ch/wp-content/uploads/EPFL_Library_RDM_FastGuide_All.pdf
- Hand-book of the Modern Development Specialist by The Engine Room: https://the-engine-room.github.io/responsible-data-handbook/