Common Practices
Data Policy and Planning
How is the use of standard, open and curation friendly file formats promoted?
What incentives are provided for proactive curation of data and metadata?
How is centralised support made available for automated capture of metadata?
Who is responsible for ensuring the quality, validity and integrity of metadata?
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Is there more to do in this area?
Yes
No
Capture and Collection (Primary Data)
How are consistent data collection practices endorsed?
How are researchers encouraged to perform validity and authenticity checks on primary data?
Are there centralised guidelines for describing primary research datasets? E.g. an online form or through a metadata schema
What is the policy relating to primary data when a researcher leaves the institution?
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Is there more to do in this area?
Yes
No
Processing and Analysis (Intermediate Data)
How are consistent data analysis and processing methods promoted?
Are there centralised guidelines for describing intermediate data? E.g. an online form or through a metadata schema
What is the policy relating to intermediate data when a researcher leaves the institution?
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Is there more to do in this area?
Yes
No
Data Curation
Who is responsible for ensuring the security, quality, validity and integrity of data when making it available for long-term curation and access?
What metadata and documentation is mandated when depositing data ?
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Is there more to do in this area?
Yes
No
Publication and Sharing
How is sharing and publication of workflows, tools and methodologies encouraged?
What guidelines are available for sharing stable and documented APIs with published datasets?
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Is there more to do in this area?
Yes
No
Reuse and Impact
What guidance is provided on national or international metadata vocabularies, semantics and ontologies to describe data?
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Is there more to do in this area?
Yes
No
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