2016, Kraft, Angelina, Razum, Matthias, Potthoff, Jan, Porzel, Andrea, Engel, Thomas, Lange, Frank, van den Broek, Karina

Disziplinübergreifendes Forschungsdatenmanagement für Hochschulbibliotheken und Projekte zu vereinfachen und zu etablieren – das ist das Ziel von RADAR. Im Sommer 2016 geht mit ‚RADAR – Research Data Repository‘ ein Service an den Start, der Forschenden, Institutionen verschiedener Fachdisziplinen und Verlagen eine generische Infrastruktur für die Archivierung und Publikation von Forschungsdaten anbietet. Zu den Dienstleistungen gehören u. a. die Langzeitverfügbarkeit der Daten mit Handle oder Digital Object Identifier (DOI), ein anpassbares Rollen- und Zugriffsrechtemanagement, eine optionale Peer-Review-Funktion und Zugriffsstatistiken. Das Geschäftsmodell ermutigt Forschende, die anfallenden Nutzungsgebühren des Repositoriums in Drittmittelanträge und Datenmanagementpläne zu integrieren. Publizierte Daten stehen als Open Data zur Nachnutzung wie etwa Data Mining, Metadaten-Harvesting und Verknüpfung mit Suchportalen zur Verfügung. Diese Vernetzung ermöglicht ein nachhaltiges Forschungsdatenmanagement und die Etablierung von Dateninfrastrukturen wie RADAR.

2016, Kraft, Angelina, Sens, Irina, Löwe, Peter, Dreyer, Britta

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2014, Engel, Thomas, Furtado, Filipe, Hahn, Matthias, Kraft, Angelina, Martens, Jörn, Neumann, Janna, Porzel, Andrea, Potthoff, Jan, Ziedorn, Frauke

A central feature of the RADAR project is a Metadata Kernel, which manages and characterizes all archived and published research data. The kernel aims to enhance the traceability and usability of research data by maintaining a discipline-agnostic character and simultaneously allowing a description of discipline-specific data. For this purpose, a set of generic parameters were chosen, which allow an accurate and consistent identification of a resource for citation and retrieval purposes and also meet the requirements of more discipline-specific datasets. Furthermore, the Kernel provides recommended use instructions along with appropriate examples on how to correctly describe research data. The following metadata profile includes 9 mandatory fields which represent the general core of the scheme. These contain the main requirements for the DOI registration, in accordance with the DataCite Metadata Schema (v 3.1)1 and must be supplied when submitting metadata to RADAR. Additionally, 12 optional metadata parameters serve the purpose of describing discipline-specific data. These were implemented with a combination of controlledvocabularies and free-text entries, thereby covering heterogeneous data produced by a multitude of disciplines. The controlled-vocabulary entries were defined in accordance with established regulations in mind (for example, ISO standards for language and country of origin of the data). RADAR clients who wish to enhance the prospects of their metadata being found, cited and linked to original research are strongly encouraged to submit the optional as along with the mandatory set of properties.

2016, Kraft, Angelina, Razum, Matthias, Lange, Frank

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2017, Kraft, Angelina, Dreyer, Britta, Löwe, Peter, Ziedorn, Frauke

In an ideal research world, any scientific content should be citable and the coherent content, as well as the citation itself, should be persistent. However, today’s scientists do not only produce traditional research papers – they produce comprehensive digital resources and collections. TIB’s mission is to develop a supportive framework for a sustainable access to such digital content – focusing on areas of engineering as well as architecture, chemistry, information technology, mathematics and physics. The term digital content comprises all digitally available resources such as audiovisual media, databases, texts, images, spreadsheets, digital lab journals, multimedia, 3D objects, statistics and software code. In executing this mission, TIB provides services for the management of digital content during ongoing and for finished research. This includes: • a technical and administrative infrastructure for indexing, cataloguing, DOI registration and licensing for text and digital objects, namely the TIB DOI registration which is active since 2005, • the administration of the ORCID DE consortium, an institutional network fostering the adoption of ORCID across academic institutions in Germany, • training and consultancy for data management, complemented with a digital repository for the deposition and provision of accessible, traceable and citable research data (RADAR), • a Research and Development Department where innovative projects focus on the visualization and the sustainable access to digital information, and • the development of a supportive framework within the German research data community which accompanies the life cycle of scientific knowledge generation and transfer. Its goal is to harmonize (meta)data display and exchange primarily on a national level (LEIBNIZ DATA project).

2014, Engel, Thomas, Furtado, Filipe, Hahn, Matthias, Kraft, Angelina, Martens, Jörn, Neumann, Janna, Porzel, Andrea, Potthoff, Jan, Ziedorn, Frauke

Um die Schritte zu einer nachhaltigen, zitierfähigen Datenpublikation in RADAR darzulegen wurden drei exemplarische Workflows entwickelt: • Workflow (A) - Wahl zwischen Angeboten: Archivierung oder Publikation • Workflow (B) - Varianten der Datenpublikation (direkt, mit Embargo, Verlagsanbindung mit Artikel-Review) • Workflow (C) - Übergang Archivierung - Datenpublikation (optionale Ausbaustufe für 2015/16) Workflows A und B stellen in kompakter, graphischer Form die Grundfunktionen von RADAR dem zweistufigen Dienstleistungsmodell dar und sollen die Kunden bei der Wahl der passenden Angebotsstufe, Archivierung oder Archivierung mit integrierter Datenpublikation, unterstützen. Workflow C stellt den Übergang zwischen beiden Angebotsstufen dar, bei denen der Kunde bereits archivierte Daten in wenigen Arbeitsschritten unverändert auf die Ebene der Publikation überführen kann. Die Implementierung dieses Übergangs ist im Anschluss an den Aufbau des RADAR-Grundfunktionen im dritten Projektjahr vorgesehen.

2014, Engel, Thomas, Furtado, Filipe, Hahn, Matthias, Kraft, Angelina, Martens, Jörn, Neumann, Janna, Porzel, Andrea, Potthoff, Jan, Ziedorn, Frauke

Eine zentrale Aufgabe im RADAR-Projekt ist die Erstellung eines Metadatenprofils, das sowohl einen interdisziplinären, zentralen Nachweis der in RADAR archivierten und publizierten Forschungsdaten erlaubt als auch die fachspezifischen Anforderungen zur Suche und zur Nachnutzung dieser Daten erfüllt. Dazu wurden geeignete generische Metadatenparameter, die disziplinspezifisch angepasst werden können identifiziert und ausgewählt. Das nachfolgende Metadatenprofil umfasst 9 Pflichtfelder, welche zusammen den allgemeinen, deskriptiven Teil des Profils darstellen, sowie 12 optionale Felder, welche auch die fachspezifischen Beschreibungen der Datensätze abbilden. Die Pflichtfelder des entwickelten Metadatenprofils enthalten die Grundanforderungen für eine DOI-Registrierung nach dem DataCite-Metadatenschema v 3.11. Um die heterogenen Ansprüche verschiedener wissenschaftlicher Fachgebiete und die generische Ausrichtung von RADAR zusammenzubringen wurde bei der Definition der 12 optionalen Metadatenfelder mit einer Kombination von kontrollierten Listen und Freitextfeldern gearbeitet. Bei der Definition der kontrollierten Listen wurde auf weltweit anerkannte, verständliche Standards (z.B. ISONormen für die Sprache und das Entstehungsland der Forschungsdaten) zurückgegriffen. Dieses Metadatenprofil soll, in Verbindung mit exemplarischen Beispielen den Wissenschaftlern der jeweiligen Fachgebiete darlegen, wie eine detaillierte Beschreibung eines Datensatzes aussehen kann.

2016, Kraft, Angelina, Razum, Matthias, Potthoff, Jan, Porzel, Andrea, Engel, Thomas, Lange, Frank, van den Broek, Karina, Furtado, Filipe

The aim of the RADAR (Research Data Repository) project is to set up and establish an infrastructure that facilitates research data management: the infrastructure will allow researchers to store, manage, annotate, cite, curate, search and find scientific data in a digital platform available at any time that can be used by multiple (specialized) disciplines. While appropriate and innovative preservation strategies and systems are in place for the big data communities (e.g., environmental sciences, space, and climate), the stewardship for many other disciplines, often called the “long tail research domains”, is uncertain. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the RADAR collaboration project develops a service oriented infrastructure for the preservation, publication and traceability of (independent) research data. The key aspect of RADAR is the implementation of a two-stage business model for data preservation and publication: clients may preserve research results for up to 15 years and assign well-graded access rights, or to publish data with a DOI assignment for an unlimited period of time. Potential clients include libraries, research institutions, publishers and open platforms that desire an adaptable digital infrastructure to archive and publish data according to their institutional requirements and workflows.

2017, Drees, Bastian, Kraft, Angelina, Koprucki, Thomas

The demand of reproducible results in the numerical simulation of opto-electronic devices or more general in mathematical modeling and simulation requires the (long-term) accessibility of data and software that were used to generate those results. Moreover, to present those results in a comprehensible manner data visualizations such as videos are useful. Persistent identifier can be used to ensure the permanent connection of these different digital objects thereby preserving all information in the right context. Here we give an overview over the state-of-the art of data preservation, data and software citation and illustrate the benefits and opportunities of enhancing publications with visual simulation data by showing a use case from opto-electronics.

2015, Kraft, Angelina, Neumann, Janna

The way knowledge is shared is experiencing a paradigm shift: Digital networks allow new degrees of openness for research and its resources, accompanied by a huge potential for scientists, inventors, industry and the general public. Accessible data will allow all groups to participate in innovation and value creation regardless of their geographical location or individual background. However, for researchers who are evaluated by their academic performance and scientific excellence, there is a fine balance between benefits and concerns regarding the openness of resources such as knowledge and data. With the Research Data Repository (RADAR) project we provide solutions to maintain this balance: In RADAR, an interdisciplinary infrastructure for the preservation, publication, creditability and traceability of research data from the fields of the 'long tail of science' is developed. Here we present the first RADAR prototype: A robust, generic end-point data repository which enables clients to preserve research results up to 15 years and assign well-graded access rights, or to publish and preserve data with a DOI assignment for an unlimited period of time. Potential clients include libraries, research institutions, publishers and open platforms which require an adaptable digital infrastructure to archive and publish data according to their institutional needs and workflows. In a nutshell, RADAR can help clients to handle following issues: - Secure storage of research data. - Preservation of information after a project is completed, a grant ends or employees leave. - Traceable and citable data publication across communities via a discipline-agnostic metadata scheme. - Ensuring that data are ‘stable’ after publication e.g. to allow accurate comparisons later. - Provision of data management services for their customers up front while using RADAR as a back-end system.