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re3data.orgRegistry of Research Data Repositories

Peter Schirmbacher | Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinCNI | San Antonio, April 05. 2013

Montag, 15. April 13

Outline• Background• Research Data Repositories• Mission• Status quo• Partners


Background1. Research data are valuable and ubiquitous

New technologies facilitate data-intensive science2. Broad discussion about the permanent access to

research dataIncreasing 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

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

RRZE Icon Set (CC: BY-SA)

funders

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universities and research labs

research data repositories


http://rrze-icon-set.berlios.de/gallery.html




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Where can I store my data?






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Where can I store my data? Should we offer repositories

for all disciplines?






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Underlying data must be accessible!

Should we offer repositories







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How is it to organize?






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Where can I find data?









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Investigators are expected

to share their data!


Where can I find data?







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



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

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



Missionre3data.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


Input Template


http://www.re3data.org/suggest/

http://www.re3data.org/suggest/

Reviewed Results


Comprehensive Dataset


Partners and Sustainability• Berlin School of Library and Information

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

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

• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), KIT LibraryFrank 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 With the exception of all photos and graphics, this slides are licensed under the “Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0)“ Licence.


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
