> References sites for fair Data
> What is reasearch data?
> What is Open Data?
> What is Fair Data?
> What are the European Commission’s policies on research data?
> Should European-funded research data always be open? Is opt-out an option?
> What is a Data Management Plan (DMP)?
> DMP structure
> Infrastructures made available by the University
> What is European Open Science Cloud?
Reference sites for FAIR data
What is research data?
Research data means data in the form of facts (figures, symbols, texts, images or sounds) that are used as primary sources of scientific research and are necessary to validate its findings (University RDM policy).
Research data management throughout its lifecycle is a very complex process that must be accurately set up according to international standards defining its key features.
RDM Policy
Policy sulla gestione dei dati della ricerca RDM
What is Open Data?
Open Data is data that can be used, edited and shared by anyone, for any reason, provided that their origin and open access are preserved.
What is FAIR data?
To meet the expectations of the European Commission and comply with Open Science policies, the data must be:
Findable: traceable and described using recognized standard metadata sets (e.g. Dublin Core) and unique identifiers (e.g. DOI)
Accessible: the data must always be accessible upon a justified request, and must be open whenever possible
Interoperable: it must be read and processed by FAIR-compliant systems
Reusable: it must come with a license detailing permitted uses and with all the documents required for re-using the data (methods, tools, etc.)
What are the European Commission’s policies on research data?
The European Commission, as well as other sponsors, requires funding beneficiaries (Horizon 2020, ERC) to make the resulting research findings available for open access.
Research findings are the scientific publications and the underlying data generated during the study. The Commission requires data to be available in a repository in line with FAIR principles, and with as few restrictions as possible.
Starting with Horizon Europe, the DMP is also part of the project proposal.
Horizon Europe, open science
Should European-funded research data always be open? Is opt-out an option
The data must be as open as possible, as closed as necessary. Not all data can be open, but must still be accessible.
It is possible to opt out (on justified grounds) at any stage of the project if:
– the project is not expected to generate data
– there would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation
– the data must be used for patenting procedures
– the project objectives may be undermined by open data
It is also possible to make only some datasets open.
What is a Data Management Plan (DMP)?
The DMP is the tool available to researchers for planning the collection, storage, description and dissemination of research data and metadata according to FAIR principles.
The plan must be completed within 6 months of project approval and is one of the mandatory deliverables, barring an opt-out.
Research data management is a very complex process. That is why it is important to set its general guidelines and framework at the beginning of a project.
The plan must be completed within 6 months of project approval and is one of the mandatory deliverables, barring an opt-out.
The DMP is conceived as a living document to be updated throughout the research project, in subsequent versions. It follows the entire life cycle of data ensuring its traceability, availability, authenticity, quotability and appropriate conservation, while also taking into account ethics and safety.
DMP structure
Each research funding body provides its own template for writing data management plans.
– Tools that can help are online DMPs
Infrastructures made available by the University
The University provides an installation of DATAVERSE (an open source tool developed by Harvard University) to all those who need to archive FAIR data (whether open or closed).
For information please contact dataverse@unimi.it
What is European Open Science Cloud?
European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is a European Commission initiative to build a competitive and data-based European knowledge economy.initiative to build a competitive and data-based European knowledge economy. It is a virtual place consisting of federated and interoperable infrastructures, which brings together researchers and service providers pursuing the common goal of FAIR data management and the creation of a shared language, beyond national borders and across disciplines.
In 2017, the European Commission launched the EOSC project and released the EOSC Declaration, which was endorsed by research institutions, financial sponsors, scientific publishers, and data management providers.
In March 2018, the EOSC Roadmap was published and on 20 November of the same year the European Open Science Cloud kicked off.
The EOSC offers European researchers and practitioners in the hard sciences, humanities and social sciences a virtual environment with open and continuous services for the preservation, management, analysis and reuse of research data, across geographical boundaries and across disciplines, based on a federated system of scientific infrastructures currently disjointed and residing in different member states.
EOSC Portal