Research Data Alliance (UK), research data network, St Andrews University Chris Brown , Rachel Bruce, Jisc

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RDA

https://www.rd-alliance.org/

RDA is an international organisation focused on the development of infrastructure and community activities that reduce barriers to data sharing and exchange, and the acceleration of data driven innovation worldwide.

With more than 4,300 members globally representing more than 110 countries, RDA includes data science professionals from multiple disciplines, including but not limited to academia, library sciences, earth science, astronomy and meteorology.   

RDA is building the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing of data to achieve its vision of

researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the

grand challenges of society.

Source: https://www.rd-alliance.org/about-rda

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RDA – Getting involvedIndividuals Observers Contributors Drivers

Organisations Insight Adopt Drive

National level Coordination &

Knowledge Exchange, Strategy & / or Implementation

• Members• WGs-IGs-BoFs• Requests for

Comments• Plenaries

• Member• WGs-IGs-BoFs• RfCs• H2020 projects• Adoption /

Uptake

• Papers & Events• Meetings & Fora• Training & Workshops• Uptake pilots

Source: https://www.rd-alliance.org/about-rda

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RDA – Members

May - July

Aug - Oct

Nov - Jan

Feb - Apr

May - July

Aug - Oct

Nov - Jan

Feb -Apr

May - July

Aug -Oct

Nov - Jan

Feb- Apr

May - July

Aug - Oct

392989

12721654

20462402

26342877 3122 3431 3694

40164273

4476

Journalist/Editor/CopywriterPolicy development manager/Policy Consultant

CTO/IT DirectorAdvisor/Consultant

CEO/Managing Director/Chief ExecutiveStudent

IT Specialist/IT ArchitectLibrarian

ProfessorProgramme Manager/Project Manager

OtherResearcher

2772

110204195

257400

456463

503813

976

TypeActual members(Oct. 2016)

Press and Media 27Policy/Funding Agency 66Large Enterprise 99IT Consultancy/Development 146Small and Medium Enterprise 257Other (please specify) - obligatory 241Government/Public Services 690Academia/Research 2950

Africa3% Asia

9%

Australasia5%

Europe48%

North America33%

South America1%

Source: https://www.rd-alliance.org/about-rda

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RDA – Recommendations & Outputs » Data Foundation & Terminology: a model for data in the

registered domain» PID Information Types: a common protocol for providers and

users of persistent ID services worldwide» Data Type Registries: allowing humans and machines to act on

unknown, but registered, data types» Practical Policy: defining best practices of how to deal with

data automatically and in a documented way with computer actionable policy

» Metadata standards directory: Community curated standards catalogue for metadata interoperability

» Data Citation: defining mechanisms to reliably cite dynamic data

» Data Description Registry Interoperability solutions enabling cross platform discovery based on existing open protocols and standards

Source: www.rd-alliance.org/recommendaions-outputs

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RDA & Jisc/Research CouncilsUK Research Data Coordination through support of the Research Data Alliance» UK researchers, developers and infrastructure providers work within

appropriate RDA Working and Interest Groups in furthering UK research interests.

» The RDA will advise and assist the UK community on developing and participating in relevant RDA Working and Interest Groups.

» Build RDA engagement and general collaboration and communication within the UK research community.

» Disseminate and facilitate the adoption of RDA Recommendations and other outputs within the UK and beyond.

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Further Informationhttps://www.rd-alliance.org@resdatall@RDA_Europe#rdauk

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/research-datahttps://researchdata.jiscinvolve.org/wp/http://researchdata.network/ #JiscRDM

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Engaging

» Organisations join the RDA and as members can represent their country’s institutions

» Members, plenaries ?» How to implement practice from theory» Perhaps UK use cases could feed into the RDA and then come back with

toolkits to help with these problems. It’s difficult to know what outputs are available so some RDA outputs, which might have a particular use in UK, could be consolidated into packages for a UK audience?

» Jisc , RCUK provide a voice ?» Uptake pilots ? » What would be useful to raise awareness of outputs?

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Find out more…

Christopher Brownchristopher.brown@jisc.ac.uk @chriscb

Rachel Bruce

Rachel.bruce@jisc.ac.uk@rachelbruce

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