Welcome to the RDA's 22nd Plenary Pathways

RDA’s Technical Advisory Board creates and reviews pathways for each plenary. Pathways help plenary attendees navigate the plenary programme. By selecting a pathway, attendees can find and attend programme sessions of most relevance and interest.

The RDA VP22  programme is available. Each session can be found via the pathway colours which will assist you in selecting sessions of interest.

The RDA Pathway Synopsis enhances RDA Plenary meetings experience by providing an overview of all pathways including their relevant Plenary programme sessions, RDA groups, recommendations and outputs, and ambassadors.

Created by Connie Clare & Fares Dhane, the RDA 21st Plenary Synopsis is available below as example. It will be replaced with the VP22 pathway synopsis in April 2024.

FAIR, CARE, TRUST – Principles

• *BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

BO	Group Status	Group Name	Session Title
BO2	BoF	Proposed Working Group	Coordinating Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Data Preservation and Scholarly Publication Processes
BO2, BO12	IG	FAIR for Machine Learning (FAIR4ML)	Updates and feedback on the FAIR4ML IG activities
BO2, BO7	IG	Professionalising Data Stewardship	Cross-community efforts in building services and professions for Data Stewards
BO3	BoF		Launching the Earth and Environmental Sciences Community of Practice (ESES-CoP)
BO4	IG	Data Versioning	Translating the Data Versioning Principles into Machine Actionable Recommendations
BO5	IG	Physical Samples and Collections in the Research Data Ecosystem	Applying the CARE Principles to Research Samples and Specimens
BO5, BO9	BoF	NTRO Gaggle	Boosting non text support through experiential and collaborative effort
BO5	WG	FAIR Data Maturity Model	The FAIR Data Maturity Model in practice: learning from adoption
BO2, BO16	IG	Virtual Research Environment IG (VRE-IG)	VREs/Virtual Labs/Science Gateways: How could FAIRness badges for providers, developers and users of VREs look like?
BO6, BO17	IG	PID	PID SLAM – updates from around the world of PIDs
BO7, BO10	BoF		Let’s keep talking about mappings !!
BO7	IG	FAIR Digital Object Fabric	What do you want to know about FAIR Digital Objects, but didn’t (dare to) ask yet?
BO8	WG	Wind Energy Community Standards	Wind Energy Community Standards Working Group Kick-Off
BO9	IG	Global Water Information	Status update on FAIR water data activities
BO11	IG	Repository Platforms for Research Data / Domain Repositories	Data Review in Data Repositories to Facilitate Open Science
BO14	WG	Complex Citations	Working Towards Recommendations
BO14	WG	InteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminology (I-ADOPT WG)	Embeddings of I-ADOPT in existing standards

Data Infrastructures and Environments

*BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

BO	Group Status	Group Name	Session Title
BO1, BO15	IG	National PID Strategies	Equity challenges for National PID Strategies
BO1, BO10	BoF	Health Data Commons	GORC international model profiling towards FAIR convergence
BO4, BO14	WG	Artificial Intelligence and Data Visitation (AIDV)	A radical approach to AI governance for data spaces and the development of digital twins
BO1, BO11	WG	RDA-OfR Mapping the landscape of digital research tools	Creating a Categorisation Schema of Digital Research Tools Mapped to the Research Data Lifecycle
BO2	BoF	Proposed Working Group	Coordinating Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Data Preservation and Scholarly Publication Processes
BO2, BO15	WG	RDA-OfR Creating a Multi-omics Metadata Schema Standard Reporting Matrix	Harmonising the Future of Multi-Omics Data Standards Integration
BO2, BO7	IG	Professionalising Data Stewardship	Cross-community efforts in building services and professions for Data Stewards
BO2	IG	Research Data Architectures in Research Institutions	Data Management Challenges and Solutions for Research Institutions in Africa and Latin America
BO3, BO14	WG IG	GORC International Model Global Open Research Commons	Global open research commons: model adoption and next steps
BO7, BO17	BoF		Research assessment and science integrity: A global approach with local impact for research policy and the development of digital tools
BO4, BO13	WG	Community-based catalogue of requirements for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers Working Group (TRSPs WG)	Criteria and Certification for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers
BO5, BO15	BoF	National Data Services	Do we want to meet in the RDA?
BO5	WG	FAIR Data Maturity Model	The FAIR Data Maturity Model in practice: learning from adoption
BO6, BO13	IG	Life Science Data Infrastructures	Exploring the FAIR requirements for federated infrastructures in the life sciences and beyond
BO2, BO16	IG	Virtual Research Environment IG (VRE-IG)	VREs/Virtual Labs/Science Gateways: How could FAIRness badges for providers, developers and users of VREs look like?
BO6, BO17	IG	PID	PID SLAM – updates from around the world of PIDs
BO7, BO12	BoF		Active disposal of research data: what you need to know and do before you push delete
BO7	IG	FAIR Digital Object Fabric	What do you want to know about FAIR Digital Objects, but didn’t (dare to) ask yet?
BO7	WG	RDA / CODATA Data Systems, Tools, and Services for Crisis Situations	Bridging the gaps between policy, coalface and data science in crisis situations
BO8, BO16	IG	Working with PIDs in Tools	Bridging Platforms and Practices: Bringing more tools together using PIDs
BO8	IG	ESIP/RDA Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences:	Infrastructures to Manage the Pervasive Growth of 2D/3D Imagery in Earth and Environmental Sciences
BO9	IG	Global Water Information	Status update on FAIR water data activities
BO10	IG	Understanding and Capturing the Uptake of Digital Research Infrastructure	Establishing the Understanding and Capturing the Uptake of Digital Research Infrastructure IG
BO10	IG	Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data	Next steps for Open Science Graphs
BO10, BO14	BoF		Research Tool Usage in Data Curation Workflows: Responsibilities & Collaboration
BO11, BO13	IG	Data Discovery Paradigms	From Discoverability to Chatbots: New trends in Data Discovery
BO11	IG IG	Repository Platforms for Research Data Domain Repositories	Data Review in Data Repositories to Facilitate Open Science
BO11	WG	Building Immune Digital Twins	Building Immune Digital Twins
BO12	IG	Social Science Research Data	The challenges and opportunities for building data infrastructure to support research in the social sciences and humanities
BO17	WG	Data Granularity	Data Granularity Guidance: Final Outputs & Their Relevance Across the RDA
BO6, BO11	BoF		Digital twins supporting data-driven science through optimal data management and sharing

Training, Stewardship, and Data Management Planning

*BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

BO	Group Status	Group Name	Session Title
BO1	IG	Engaging Researchers with Data	Navigating the Landscape Together: A Research Data Management Café
BO2, BO15	WG	RDA-OfR Creating a Multi-omics Metadata Schema Standard Reporting Matrix	Harmonising the Future of Multi-Omics Data Standards Integration
BO2, BO7	IG	Professionalising Data Stewardship	Cross-community efforts in building services and professions for Data Stewards
BO5: Joint Session	IG WG	Active Data Management Plans DMP Common Standards	Active Data Management Plans: are we there yet?
BO9	IG	Global Water Information	Status update on FAIR water data activities
N04, B09: Joint Session	RDA WG	RDA in Ireland FAIRsharing Registry: Connecting data policies, standards and databases RDA	RDA Ambassadors and Champions: Building an IG with lessons learned

Semantics, Ontology, Standardisation

*BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

BO	Group Status	Group Name	Session Title
BO1, BO15	IG	National PID Strategies	Equity challenges for National PID Strategies
BO2, BO15	WG	RDA-OfR Creating a Multi-omics Metadata Schema Standard Reporting Matrix	Harmonising the Future of Multi-Omics Data Standards Integration
BO2, BO12	WG	FAIR for Machine Learning (FAIR4ML)	Updates and feedback on the FAIR4ML IG activities
BO3, BO17	WG	FAIRification of Genomic Annotations	WG: FAIRification of Genomic Annotations – metadata harmonisation at scale
BO4, BO17	WG	Community-based catalogue of requirements for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers Working Group (TRSPs WG)	Criteria and Certification for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers
BO4, BO17	WG	Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains	Kickoff of Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains Working Group
BO5	IG	Metadata	Towards Tools and Guidance for Creating and Handling Structured Metadata
BO7, BO10	BOF		Let’s keep talking about mappings !!
BO8	WG	Wind Energy Community Standards	Wind Energy Community Standards Working Group Kick-Off
BO11, BO15	CoP	IGAD Community of Practice	Addressing agricultural data ethics, agrisemantics and AI
BO8	IG	Data policy standardisation and implementation	Revitalising data policy impact and alignment
BO9	IG	Global Water Information	Status update on FAIR water data activities
BO14	WG	InteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminology (I-ADOPT WG)	Embeddings of I-ADOPT in existing standards

Data Lifecycles – Versioning, Provenance, Citation, and Reward

*BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

BO	Group Status	Group Name	Session Title
BO1, BO11	WG	RDA-OfR Mapping the landscape of digital research tools	Creating a Categorisation Schema of Digital Research Tools Mapped to the Research Data Lifecycle
BO2, BO12	IG	Evaluation of Research:	RDA in the Evaluation of Research Landscape
BO2	BOF	Proposed Working Group	Coordinating Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Data Preservation and Scholarly Publication Processes
BO4	IG	Data Versioning	Translating the Data Versioning Principles into Machine Actionable Recommendations
BO5	IG	Physical Samples and Collections in the Research Data Ecosystem	Applying the CARE Principles to Research Samples and Specimens
BO8, BO16	IG	Working with PIDS in Tools	Bridging Platforms and Practices: Bringing more tools together using PIDs
BO8	IG	ESIP/RDA Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences	Infrastructures to Manage the Pervasive Growth of 2D/3D Imagery in Earth and Environmental Sciences
BO10	IG	Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data	Next steps for Open Science Graphs
BO10, BO14	BoF		Research Tool Usage in Data Curation Workflows: Responsibilities & Collaboration
BO11 BO13	IG	Data Discovery Paradigms	From Discoverability to Chatbots: New trends in Data Discovery
BO14	WG	Complex Citations	Working Towards Recommendations
BO17	WG	Data Granularity	Data Granularity Guidance: Final Outputs & Their Relevance Across the RDA

Discipline Focused Data Issues

*BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

BO	Group Status	Group Name	Session Title
BO1, BO10	BoF	Health Data Commons:	GORC international model profiling towards FAIR convergence
BO1, BO14	IG	Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ Data	Introducing the small uncrewed aircraft and autonomous platforms data Working Group
BO2	BOF		FAIR for prosthetics design and assessment
BO3, BO17	WG	FAIRification of Genomic Annotations	WG: FAIRification of Genomic Annotations – metadata harmonisation at scale
BO3	BoF		Launching the Earth and Environmental Sciences Community of Practice (ESES-CoP)
BO4, BO17	WG	Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains	Kickoff of Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains Working Group
BO5, BO9	BoF	NTRO Gaggle	Boosting non text support through experiential and collaborative effort
BO6, BO13	IG	Life Science Data Infrastructures	Exploring the FAIR requirements for federated infrastructures in the life sciences and beyond
BO8	WG	Wind Energy Community Standards:	Wind Energy Community Standards Working Group Kick-Off
BO11, BO15	CoP	IGAD Community of Practice	Addressing agricultural data ethics, agrisemantics and AI
BO9	IG	Global Water Information	Status update on FAIR water data activities
BO9, BO13	IG	Science communication for research data	State of practice and future directions
BO12	IG	Social Science Research Data	The challenges and opportunities for building data infrastructure to support research in the social sciences and humanities

Research Software

*BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

BO	Group Status	Group Name	Session Title
BO3, BO16	WG	RDA & ReSA: Policies in Research Organisations for Research Software (PRO4RS):	Policies in Research Organisations for Research Software (PRO4RS) Working Group
BO5, BO15	IG	Software Source Code	Infrastructures for Research Software: Moving toward adoption
BO6, BO11	BoF		Digital twins supporting data-driven science through optimal data management and sharing

Other

*BO – breakout session in the VP22 programme

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