List of Outputs
Bridging the Data Discovery Gap: User-Centric Recommendations for Research Data Repositories
Despite substantial investment in research data infrastructure, data discovery remains a fundamental challenge in the era of open science. The proliferation of repositories and the rapid growth of deposited data have not resulted in a corresponding improvement in data findability. Researchers continue to struggle to find data that are relevant to their work, revealing a…
March 10, 2026
An analysis of crosswalks from research data schemas to Schema.org
The increased number of data repositories has greatly increased the availability of open data. To enable broad discovery and access to research dataset, some data repositories have begun leveraging the web architecture by embedding structured metadata markup in dataset web landing pages using vocabularies from Schema.org and extensions. This paper aims to examine metadata interoperability…
March 10, 2026
Data Discovery Paradigms: User Requirements and Recommendations for Data Repositories
As data repositories make more data openly available it becomes challenging for researchers to find what they need either from a repository or through web search engines. This study attempts to investigate data users’ requirements and the role that data repositories can play in supporting data discoverability by meeting those requirements. We collected 79 data…
March 10, 2026
PRO4RS WG Recommendations
Review Status: Preparing for Council Review
The PRO4RS WG produced outputs to support research performing organisations worldwide to develop, align, and implement policies on research software, as a key component of FAIR and open science/scholarship. It was a joint initiative of the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA). The PRO4RS recommendations are: The work of the PRO4RS…
February 3, 2026
Scientific Knowledge Graphs Interoperability Framework (SKG-IF): Enabling Data Exchange for SKGs
Review Status: Endorsed
The SKG-IF aims to facilitate seamless exchange of information across diverse Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKGs), thereby reducing duplication of effort, enriching individual graphs, and establishing SKGs as a central pillar of Open Science scholarly communication. This report outlines the work undertaken in this direction by the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Working Group on the Scientific…
December 12, 2025
The TRUST Principles for digital repositories
As information and communication technology has become pervasive in our society, we are increasingly dependent on both digital data and repositories that provide access to and enable the use of such resources. Repositories must earn the trust of the communities they intend to serve and demonstrate that they are reliable and capable of appropriately managing…
December 9, 2025
Geographies of Trust: AI, Biomedicine, and the Next Era of Federated and Visiting Data Models
This report examines the rapidly evolving landscape of biomedical research platforms that facilitate secure, privacy-preserving access to sensitive datasets—such as genomic sequences and clinical records—without the need to move, download, or replicate data across multiple locations. These platforms adopt models such as Data Visitation and Federation, which enable computational tools to move to the data—allowing…
November 18, 2025
Adding Data Visitation Language to an IRB protocol
Review Status: Endorsed
Adding Data Visitation (DV) language to an IRB protocol requires placing the description within the sections that address data handling, privacy protections, security, and external data access. Although IRB protocol templates vary across institutions (e.g., HRP-503 for biomedical studies, HRP-583 for social/behavioral studies, HRP-593 for drug/device trials), all templates share common core sections where DV…
November 17, 2025
Adding Data Visitation language to ICFs
Review Status: Endorsed
Incorporating Data Visitation language into an Informed Consent Form (ICF) requires clear, non-technical language that explains the concept and, importantly, how it benefits the participant by protecting their privacy. This document contains instructions and helpful information on how to do so including proposed language for additions to the ICF, structured to fit within a standard…
November 17, 2025
System Security Assessment Plan Template
Review Status: Endorsed
The System Security Assessment Plan Template is a standardized framework developed by the EOSC-Future/RDA Artificial Intelligence and Data Visitation Working Group (AIDV-WG) and others to evaluate and approve the security of data visitation systems (i.e., platforms that enable controlled, temporary access to sensitive research data without transfer). The template requires an outline of team composition,…
November 17, 2025
PRO4RS WG Final Report
The PRO4RS WG produced outputs to support research performing organisations worldwide to develop, align, and implement policies on research software, as a key component of FAIR and open science/scholarship. It was a joint initiative of the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA). This report outlines the rationale for this work and its achievements,…
October 12, 2025
Best Practice Recommendations for improving FAIR data maturity in wind energy
Review Status: Endorsed
The RDA Wind Energy Community Standards Working Group has created these new best practice recommendations for improving FAIR data maturity in wind energy in practice. It addresses key challenges in the sector, which are to foster data exchange and re-use as well as to create more value from data by increasing the efficiency of data…
October 3, 2025