1. Scott Brim Deputy Technology Officer Internet2 ICTBioMed 21 March 2013 Research Data Alliance Summary

2. Context RDA: http://rd-alliance.org “Short term, harvestable efforts to accelerate the sharing and exchange of research data” Who am I? I was there for both Internet2 and IETF Attendees: over 200, perhaps 250, mostly from Europe and the USA

3. High Level Schedule Mission History Governance Global alliance Humanities Breakouts Collaboration with other data initiatives Reports What next?

4. Issues in Governance Future directions not clear  it’s okay to get it wrong and reiterate as needed Council, Technical Advisory Board, Working Groups, “Interest Groups” What does membership mean? Long-term financial stability IPR policy

5. Breakouts

6. Issues to Think About This is all in vain if the data generators don’t go along with it Data scientists get no respect Legal issues around combining data Metadata must be evolvable The role of “boundary organizations” Changing paradigms around: data, computing, transport