[Claire Austin]

I am very pleased to forward this announcement to you along with an
invitation to participate in this interactive tool. Please feel free in
turn to disseminate the announcement to your contacts.
Claire
*From:* Walter Stewart
*Sent:* August 17, 2015 6:49 AM
*Announcing a new transdisciplinary Glossary for research data management*
Research Data Canada (RDC) in partnership with the international Consortia
Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI) is
pleased to announce the launch of a PILOT for a new interactive Glossary
containing 500+ draft terms and definitions to support work in the field of
research data management. The glossary is publicly available under a
Creative Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) at
http://dictionary.casrai.org/Category:Research_Data_Domain
The Glossary is meant to be a practical reference for individuals and
working groups concerned with the improvement of research data management,
and as a meeting place for further discussion and development of terms.
Each term has a unique identifier and a URL that can be used as a tool to
enhance reading comprehension of documents by hyperlinking terms to their
definition. The aim is to create a stable and sustainably governed glossary
of community accepted terms and definitions, and to keep it relevant by
maintaining it as a ‘living document’ that is updated when necessary. The
URL for each term contains a link to a discussion page to complete the
feedback loop with the community of users. The glossary is developed and
maintained by RDC’s Standards & Interoperability Committee (RDC-SINC) in
collaboration with CASRAI.
*Walter Stewart, Coordinator*
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