status: Recognised & Endorsed
Chair (s): Robert Downs, LILi Zhang, Devan Ray Donaldson
Group Email: [group_email]
Secretariat Liaison: enquiries[at]rd-alliance.org
Context and purpose
Research data repositories are at the heart of data sharing as they provide platforms to acquire, store, archive, publish, curate, preserve, and access data. Thus, the major goal of the Repository Platforms for Research Data (RPRD) Interest Group (IG) is to improve the usability and technical capabilities of repository platforms. To achieve this, the RPRD IG invites members of the research data community to collect usage experiences, define requirements, evaluate implementations, and identify limitations of current solutions in a cooperation of repository users, managers, providers, and developers. Possible outputs of our efforts might be recommendations, knowledge collections, or new working groups to investigate identified issues.
Working towards better repositories
The original charter of the Repository Platforms for Research Data Interest Group (RPRD IG), formed at RDA Plenary 5 in March 2015, was to "gather and analyze research data use cases in the context of repository platform requirements. The primary deliverable was a matrix relating use cases with functional requirements for repository platforms."
This matrix, along with an accompanying document on how it was created, was finalized and published in Nov. 2016, and can also be found under RDA Supporting Outputs.
We welcome your contributions!
The RPRD IG's focus is the collection of experiences with selecting, implementing, and using specific research data repository platforms/products across institutions and domains, with reference to the aforementioned functional requirements. From this, the IG may identify potential gaps between needs and solutions in the current research data repository environment, and will seek opportunities to propose the formation of new RDA working groups to address them.
The group is open for participation to any RDA member (see the "Join Group" link on this page).
Timeline
- April 2019 - RDA Plenary 13 (Philadelphia) - joint meeting with IG Research Data Architectures in Research Institutions (RDARI) on a possible working group on access to data in interoperable repositories for data analytics
- November 2018 - RDA Plenary 12 (Botswana) - meeting on two possible topics for further work: Data Policy Enforcement and Data Analytics Support
- March 2018 - RDA Plenary 11 (Berlin) - meeting to identify, explore, and plan for future contributions of the IG - identified four possible topics
Posts
OCFL Listening Sessions
In July of 2020, version 1.0 of the OCFL specification was released followed by version 1.1 in October of 2022. We are now beginning to consider additional use cases and revisions that will lead to version 2.0 of the specification. In addition to gathering feedback via issues and use cases, we would also like to gather feedback and new use cases from the community through conversation. To that end we will hold a series of listening sessions, we invite all individuals who have implemented or are interested in The Oxford Common File Layout to attend.0 | Add new comment
Call for Abstracts - AGU 2023 Fall Meeting - Session IN015
by Robert Downs
Dear Colleagues, I apologize for any duplication of this reminder. With less than a week until abstracts are due, please be reminded of the opportunity, below. The AGU Fall Meeting 2023 will be held in San Francisco, CA and Online Everywhere during December 11-15, 2023. The abstract submission website is open, and the submission deadline is August 2, 2023. We would like to welcome your submission to the following session. Please feel free to share this note with your colleagues who may be interested.0 | Add new comment
Re: [domain-repositories-ig][rda-repoplatforms-ig] RDA P21 @ IDW 2023 - Notification of Conditional Acceptance
by Robert Downs
Dear RDA Secretariat, We very much appreciate receiving your suggestions for improving the joint Repository Platforms for Research Data (RPRD) IG and Domain Repositories IG session application for RDA P21. We have revised our application based on your suggestions. Please find our revised RPRD IG session application on the https://www.rd-alliance.org/data-repositories-discovering-unpublished-an...0 | Add new comment
RDA P21 @ IDW 2023 - Notification of Conditional Acceptance
Dear Chairs of the Repository Platforms for Research Data IG and Domain Repositories IG, Your RDA P21 session application titled Data Repositories Discovering Unpublished and Diverse Data Usage and Impact been conditionally approved, subject to you incorporating the following changes provided in the feedback below: Please ensure that your agenda includes sufficient time for discussion in between presentations to encourage audience participation, engagement, and interaction.0 | Add new comment
Call for nominations: Dryad Board of Directors
Dryad, an international research data publishing platform and community, is inviting nominations for new Directors to start three-year terms in October 2023. This is a great opportunity to shape the future of research data and steward our organization during a pivotal moment. As a community-governed nonprofit, we believe that having engaged and knowledgeable board members will help us realize our mission and serve as an effective advocate for open science. This year, we’re particularly keen to recruit individuals:0 | Add new comment
Call for Abstracts - AGU 2023 Fall Meeting - Session IN015
by Robert Downs
Dear Colleagues, The AGU Fall Meeting 2023 will be held in San Francisco, CA and Online Everywhere during December 11-15, 2023. The abstract submission website is open, and the submission deadline is August 2, 2023. We would like to welcome your submission to the following session. Please feel free to share this note with your colleagues who may be interested. Session Link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/184669 Session: IN0150 | Add new comment
Open Repositories Conference 2023: Call for Proposals - Reminder
Apologies for cross posting The 18th International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2023) will be held from 12-15 June 2023 at the Lord Charles Hotel, in Stellenbosch, South Africa. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. The conference theme is Repositories unlocked for discovery and interoperability0 | Add new comment
Re: [rda-repoplatforms-ig][usagemetrics_wg] RDA 20th Plenary - Notification of Acceptance
Dear RDA Secretariat, Thank you for approving our plenary session application. The agenda has now been updated with the time allocated per item, including 40 minutes for discussion. Please let us know if any further changes are needed. We look forward to seeing you in Gothenburg! Best regards, Kelly *Kelly Stathis* *Technical Community Manager | **DataCite * they/them | Pacific Time *E*: ***@***.*** | ORCID *W*: datacite.org | Blog | Twitter | LinkedIn1 | Add new comment
RDA 20th Plenary - Notification of Acceptance
Dear Chairs of the Data Usage Metrics WG and the Repository Platforms for Research Data IG, Your RDA 20th Plenary (P20) session application titled ‘Practical Approaches to Tracking and Communicating the Use of Research Data’ has been approved. Please take into consideration the feedback below that should be included in a revised version of your application, highlighting the modifications, by Tuesday 13 December 2022, close of business: Indicate the time allocated per item in the meeting agenda and ensure sufficient time for audience participation during the session.0 | Add new comment