1. Research data lifecycle²
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DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS
A DMP is a living document that describes key considerations in data management:
Data Collection
Documentation and Metadata
Storage and Backup
Preservation
Sharing and Reuse
Create a plan with the DMP Assistant:
assistant.portagenetwork.ca
DATA CURATION
What are research data?
Data that are used as primary sources to support technical or scientific enquiry, research, scholarship, or artistic activity, and that are used as evidence in the research process and/or are commonly accepted in the research community as necessary to validate research findings and results.¹
What is research data management?
Practices applied throughout the lifecycle of a research project to improve organization, description, storage, sharing, and long term preservation.
Research data lifecycle²
Benefits of RDM
Maintains data integrity, security, and reusability
Supports open science and innovation
Increases your research efficiency and impact
Fulfills funding agency and publisher requirements
Data curation is the active management of research data to produce datasets that are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable³.
Create documentation and metadata to describe data
Develop file naming conventions and version control practices
Transform file formats for reuse and long-term preservation
Prepare datasets for deposit to data repositories and archives
Findable
Accessible
Interoperable
Reusable
ARCHIVING & SHARING
Data repositories allow researchers to store, access, preserve, share, reuse, and cite research data.
There are a number of platforms for data archiving and sharing.
We can help you select the right one.
All UVic researchers can deposit data to Dataverse, the library’s research data repository:
dataverse.scholarsportal.info
Research data (2015). In The CASRAI Dictionary.
Reproduced with permission from Portage Training Expert Group (2017). Research Data Management Primer.
Wilkinson et al. (2016). The FAIR guiding principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Scientific Data. 3:
libguides.uvic.ca/researchdata