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Other Output Initial thoughts and recommendations on RDA as a Standardisation body

Review Status: Not Endorsed

Authors: Juan Bicarregui

RDA Council Strategy Subcommittee – 8 November 2016 Context The RDA has a clear and transparent process for producing and endorsing its outputs as “Recommendations”[1]. Standards are reference documents that represent a consensus in a field and are based on the field’s collective knowledge. Standardisation can facilitate interoperability and innovation and build user trust in products, services and systems. The first four RDA Outputs have been through European Multi-Stakeholders Platform on ICT Standardisation (E02758) to be recognised as Technical Specifications[2]. The European Commission... View More

November 8, 2016

Other Output RDA as a training/education body? A certification body? Is there a mission/future here?

Review Status: Not Endorsed

Authors: Francoise Genova

RDA Council Strategy Subcommittee – 8 November 2016 The RDA is building technical and sociological bridges to enable data sharing. It is a neutral, international forum which gathers participants from different countries and profiles and tackles a wide range of subjects in Working Groups and Interest Groups, focused on domain science, community needs, data referencing and sharing, data stewardship and services, base infrastructure, and partnership with other organisations. It is well understood that training and dissemination of new skills is a key question... View More

November 8, 2016

Other Output Building infrastructure through strategies of interconnection

Review Status: Not Endorsed

Authors: Francoise Genova

RDA Council Strategy Subcommittee – (27 August 2016) Building infrastructure through strategies of interconnection (not an architecture) RDA seeks to create a data infrastructure that enables researchers and innovators to easily share data across cultures, scales, and technologies to address the grand challenges of society. We envision this infrastructure as a vast interconnection of computing and data systems, people, and organisations. Some suggest that RDA needs a specific, a priori architecture or clear roadmap describing how all those interconnections should work. We submit that... View More

August 27, 2016