2nd WG meeting: Creating/Selecting a Research Data Life Cycle Model - The Discovery Phase

Objectives: �

• Present the background, description, objectives, deliverables and methodologies, and timeline and milestones
• Start discovery phase for Deliverable 1 - Harmonisation of research data life cycle model to categorise types of research tools.

Thursday 29 June 2023

12:00 - 13:00 UTC

RDA-OfR Mapping the landscape of� digital research tools WG

A few logistics…

• Background: About the Working Group
• Shared Google folder for the WG meetings & outputs
• Documentation (notes & slides) shared on wiki page
• How to participate during this meeting:
• 📝 Sign in & take notes in our collaborative Google doc
• 📹 Discussions recorded for internal use
• 🖐 Raise hand & unmute
• 💬 Add to the chat
• Take a moment to read our guiding principles and how to report a breach at the top of the Google doc
• NEW: RDA Guidance on AI Tools Usage

Today’s meeting agenda

Background and description

Background questions

• How can we work across a public/private collaboration to contribute to science and education by building a digital platform that improved researchers’ access to data, improved data interoperability, and improve outcomes quality, reliability, and integrity?
• How can we simplify the complex digital research ecosystem?
• What types of digital research tools can help us along the way and how we can characterize them?
• How can we contribute across disciplines, institutions, and open science systems?

Description

We set out to identify a specific area in the digital research landscape that facilitate the researcher’s journey of scientific discovery and achievement. Having defined a pathway, today we set out together along the first steps of this journey.

WG Objectives

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• Produce a categorisation schema of different types of research tools used in the management and sharing of research data based on:
• Features
• Functionalities
• Interoperability
• Map categorised research tools to the stages of a harmonised research data lifecycle
• Crosswalks between harmonised cycle and others
• Create a preliminary database framework to host information on research tools as an open access resource for the research data community

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• Recommend methodologies for the long-term sustainability and community curation of the database
• Provide the research data community with essential knowledge to better understand, navigate and select appropriate tools to support research data management and sharing
• Highlight key areas for the improvement of interoperability between research tools to enable more streamlined data sharing and reuse
• Contribute to the wider ambitions of the Research Data Alliance and collaborate with other groups working on global open research commons
• Address challenges associated with navigating the expansive and fast-changing landscape of digital research tools

Deliverables and methodology/approach

Deliverables

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• Creation of a research data lifecycle model and crosswalk to existing models
• Identification, categorisation, and mapping of different types of research tools: A categorisation schema
• Creation of a preliminary structural framework for an online open access ‘map of the digital research tool landscape’

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Details on WG webpage https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-ofr-mapping-landscape-digital-research-tools-wg

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Methodology/approach

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• Discovery and referencing
• Distillation
• Discussion
• Organization
• Presentation

Timeline and milestones

NOW

Tools

Lifecycle / schema

Infrastrcuture

Discovery phase: Collecting research data life cycle models (due August meeting)

Today’s session: Breakout groups

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• Brief introductions & assign a lead who will be responsible for presenting findings on behalf of your group
• Discovery phase: Collect relevant life cycle models, assess their different ‘stages’, commonalities and differences in the Discovery Phase: Google Sheet
• Prepare to present 5 min lightning overview at next meeting on 20 July (12:00 - 13:00 UTC)

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Post session work (if needed)

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• Revise/add list of research data life cycle models to the Discovery Phase: Google Sheet
• Prepare a 5 min lightning presentation/overview of your findings - Add your slide

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Next steps

• Thursday 20 July, 12:00 UTC (Thursday, every 4 weeks)
• Harmonisation of research data life cycle
• Deliverable 1 draft due in August

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• Groups to present 5 min lightning talk on:
• Collected research data life cycle models (commonalities and differences)
• Your findings
• Feedback and ideas on the next steps for harmonisation (selecting relevant stages to categorise tools) - Add your slide

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• P21 Session proposal (Working meeting: 3 meetings time!)

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• Upcoming meetings, collaborative notes and presentation slides on WG webpage

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How to find documentation & deliverables

>>> SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP LANDING PAGE ON THE RDA WEBSITE <<<

Thank you! And, contact

Co-chairs:

• Emmanuel Adamolekun (adamolekunoluwaseyi@gmail.com)
• Francis P. Crawley (fpc@gcpalliance.org)
• Rory Macneil (rmacneil@researchspace.com)
• Hea Lim Rhee (rhee.healim@gmail.com)
• Adam Vials Moore (adam.vialsmoore@jisc.ac.uk)

�Facilitator:

• Connie Clare, Community Development Manager, RDA, UK (connie.clare@rda-foundation.org)