2. 2
Introduction
Working and Interest Groups
Joining
Adoption
Starting
Current
Taxonomy
Relations
Overview
3. 3
Why?
Make Research work better
Mission
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) builds the social and
technical bridges that enable open sharing of data
Vision
We see researchers and innovators openly sharing data
across technologies, disciplines, and countries to
address the grand challenges of society
Introduction
4. 4
What is an Interest Group?
Group around a common Interest
Interest defined in a short charter
Lightweight, many degrees of freedom
What is a Working Group?
Concrete problem
Short timeframe (~18 months)
Concrete Output (data exchange)
Clear Adoption
Working and Interest groups
5. 5
Be registered on the website
Subscribe to the group
Get active in the discussion / produce the work
Good idea: talk to existing members
At Plenaries
At other meetings
Using email
Joining
7. 7
( BoF Session at Plenary )
Write a Charter
+ Chairs
+ Initial membership
Approval by TAB/Council
Starting an Interest Group
8. 8
( BoF Session at Plenary / From Interest Group )
Write a Case Statement
Charter
Value
Engagement with existing work
Work Plan
Adoption Plan
Initial Membership
One month community review
Review by TAB
Council determines if there is consensus
For more detail: https://www.rd-alliance.org/case-
statements.html
Starting a Working Group
9. 9
Working Groups and Interest Groups
16 and 31
Too many to name them all
Some WGs that will deliver by end of year:
PID Information Types WG
Data Type Registries
Metadata Standards Directory WG
Data Foundation and Terminology
Practical Policy
Data Categories and Codes
Current Groups
10. 10
WG/IG Taxonomy by Peter Wittenburg
3/25/2014
Cross-Discipline
Technical
Non-Technical
Discipline specific
13. 13
Informal relations
WG Collaboration Group
Data Foundation Terminology
PID Information Types
Metadata
Practical Policy
Data Type Registries
No Formal (technical) relations
Relations between groups
3/25/2014