RDM and FAIR initiatives

RDM & FAIR initiatives
Sarah Jones
Digital Curation Centre
sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk
Twitter: @sjDCC
RDM session & roundtable, Griffith University, 25th July 2019

Outline
• Trends in Research Data Management
• FAIR – the new buzz word
• Addressing RDM & FAIR in the EOSC
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Trends in Research Data Management
Image Joshua Coleman https://unsplash.com/photos/JfHRmaUP0z8

1. The value of data is recognised
The Economic Benefits of Open Data, European Data Portal,
https://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/highlights/economic-benefits-open-data

2. Responsibilities are defined
Funders are increasingly placing the onus on unis
“EPSRC expects all those it funds to have developed a
clear roadmap to align their policies and processes
with EPSRC’s expectations by 01 May 2012, and to be
fully compliant with these expectations by 01 May 2015”
EPSRC, 2011
“By submitting you are confirming that:
• The proposal has been written in line with your institution’s data management policy
• You have consulted with the institution’s data support (e.g. library services, IT department)
• The institution is able to store the data appropriately during the lifecycle of the grant, the
relevant people have been consulted and this has been considered and agreed
• ….”
AHRC, 2018
Swedish Research Council and
Research Council Norway both expect
the institution to ensure a DMP is in
place and to approve this

3. Unis have RDM services
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-
guides/how-develop-rdm-services

New MOOC!
Delivering RDM services
Starts 2nd Sept 2019
www.futurelearn.com/courses/delivering-
research-data-management-services
Learn with us!

4. Libraries are typically leading
Roles of participants in DCC Institutional Engagements

5. New job profiles are emerging
DATA SCIENTIST
Curriculum covering:
• Open Science & RDM
• Ethical use of data
• Data analysis
• Data visualisation
• Machine learning
• Computational infrastructure
http://www.codata.org/working-
groups/research-data-science-
summer-schools
DATA STEWARD
Strong programme in Netherlands.
Data stewards have a research
background and provide disciplinary
support for research data
management and sharing
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/library/cu
rrent-topics/research-data-
management/research-data-
management/data-stewardship
RESEARCH SOFTWARE
ENGINEER (RSE)
Term coined to promote career
development and recognition for
those who provide software
development expertise to research
groups. RSEs have coding skills but
also have an understanding of the
research area.
https://rse.ac.uk

6. (Inter)national coordination
Dutch coordination network
Major project funded by
Swissuniversities
Coordinated 90 million annual investment in
national research data infrastructure (NFDI)
Global forum to build the social
and technical bridges needed
for data sharing
https://www.rd-alliance.org
P15 in Oz!
March 2020

7. This is a business opportunity!
Publishers are increasingly in control of scholarly infrastructure and
why we should care: A Case Study of Elsevier [article]

FAIR – the new buzz word
Image Israel Palacio https://unsplash.com/photos/P6FgiDNe6W4

What is FAIR?
A set of principles that describe the attributes
data need to have to enable and enhance reuse,
by humans and machines
Image CC-BY-SA by SangyaPundir

FAIR is nothing new
• Various research communities have been sharing their data
in a ‘FAIR’ way long before the term emerged
• Meaningful and memorable articulation of concepts
• Natural desire to want to be ‘fair’
• FAIR is gaining significant international traction

Open, FAIR and RDM
• Paper explores overlaps between
concepts of Open, FAIR and RDM.
• Proposes using Open and FAIR as
ways to engage researchers in
managing data well, as this is a
prerequisite for both.
• Recommends making data FAIR
and Open wherever possible
Higman, R., Bangert, D. and Jones, S., 2019. Three camps, one destination: the
intersections of research data management, FAIR and Open. Insights, 32(1), p.18.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.468

FAIR Data Expert Group
17
Take a holistic approach to lay out what needs to be done to
make FAIR a reality, in general and for EOSC
Addresses the following key areas:
1. Concepts for FAIR
2. Creating a FAIR culture
3. Creating a technical ecosystem for FAIR
4. Skills and capacity building
5. Incentives and metrics
6. Investment and sustainability
Turning FAIR into Reality: Report and Action Plan
https://doi.org/10.2777/1524

Address culture and technology
Incentives
Metrics
Skills
Investment
Cultural and
social aspects
that drive the
ecosystem and
enact change
Cloudofregistries
Two sides of one whole

FAIR Digital Objects
• Can include data, software,
and other research resources
• Universal use of PIDs
• Use of common formats
• Data accompanied
by code
• Rich metadata
• Clear licensing

FAIR EG recommendations
• Research communities
• Data service providers
• Standards bodies
• Coordination fora
• Policymakers
• Research funders
• Institutions
• Publishers
Recommendations
aimed at multiple
stakeholders:

Many, many FAIR projects
All funded by
European Commission 21
clusters
National initiatives
• EOSC-Nordic
• EOSC-Pillar
• EOSC-synergy
• ExPaNDS
• NI4OS-Europe

The European Open Science Cloud
Image Kyle Hinkson https://unsplash.com/photos/xyXcGADvAwE

An open festival for science
• Virtual space where science producers and science
consumers come together
• Federation of existing infrastructure and services
• An open-ended range of content and services
• Quality mark « Data made in Europe »
24/07/2019
A platform for European research

EOSC Governance 2019-2020
EOSC governance structure
24/07/2019 G7 Open Science Working Group, Paris, 19 June 2019

Executive Board
24/07/2019 G7 Open Science Working Group, Paris, 19 June 2019 25
• Karel Luyben & Cathrin
Stover as Co-Chairs
• 8 representatives of
stakeholder groups
• 3 independent experts
https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/
eb-profiles
25

EOSC Exec Board Working Groups
GB/EB comms
and engagement
sub-group
Skills WG
Going Global WG
Others under
consideration

What is each WG is doing?
• Map EOSC-relevant national infrastructures
• Analyse Member State readiness to provide financial resource (with Sustainability)
• Propose mechanisms to facilitate convergence and alignment
Landscape
• Recommend a minimal set of Rules of Participation that define the rights,
obligations and accountability governing all EOSC transactions
• Embrace the principles of openness, transparency and inclusiveness
Rules of P.
• Define, agree and develop an interoperability layer to federate systems i.e.
standards, open APIs and protocols
• Offer a catalogue of EOSC datasets and services
Architecture
• FAIR practices  EOSC interoperability framework (with Arch. & RoP)
• Persistent Identifier (PID) policy for EOSC (with Architecture)
• Frameworks to assess FAIR data and certify services that enable FAIR
FAIR
• Provide a set of strategic and financing orientations for EOSC post 2020
• In-depth analysis of business models and their different implications
• Options for a governance framework to steer & oversee EOSC operations
Sustainability
https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/eosc-working-groups

All the fun of the FAIR
Keep up to date with progress on the EOSCsecretariat blog:
https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/news-events-opinion/opinion

Thanks! Any questions?

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