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RDM Toolbox 2024 – Day 3

March 28th, 2024 | by
RDM Toolbox 2024

Source: Own illustration

The first two days of the FDM workshop have already been reported on the RDM blog. On the third day of the FDM workshop, everything revolved around the FDM tools LiaScript, Datalad and Coscine. A discussion round on the DKZ.2R data competence center was also part of the last day’s program. You can find out more about the details of the individual sessions in this article.

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Open Meeting of the RDM Network in March 2024

March 21st, 2024 | by
Key dates for the Open Meeting of the RDM network on March 13, 2024

Source: Own illustration; Freepik

On March 13, 2024, the open meeting of the RDM network of RWTH Aachen University for data stewards, RDM managers and those interested in RDM took place again. The topic of the digital meeting was “open science” and was presented by Monica Gonzalez-Marquez – open science Manager at Forschungszentrum Jülich.

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The Fair Principles: Origin and Meaning

March 14th, 2024 | by
Close-up of a window with "Data" written on it and a building in the background

Source: Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash

In this blog post, we inform you about the origin and meaning of the so-called FAIR principles and place the term in the broader context of modern data management.

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NFDI-MatWerk: Working Meeting at KIT

March 7th, 2024 | by
The Scientific Computing Center (SCC) on the North Campus of KIT

The Scientific Computing Center (SCC) on the North Campus of KIT
Source: IT Center

As our readers know, RWTH Aachen University is active in several consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). This includes the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University in the NFDI-MatWerk consortium, which focuses on supporting the digital transformation in materials science and engineering. In this blog post, we share our impressions of the last working meeting at KIT.

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Reminder – Your Date With Coscine at the Love Data Week 2024

February 15th, 2024 | by
symbolic image of Love Data Week 2024 with Coscine

Source: Own illustration

Love Data Week 2024 (LDW) is in full swing and is already drawing to a close, but as we all know, the best is saved for last and you definitely should not miss this data flirtation: On Friday, February 16, 2024, the RDM platform Coscine will be presented with its latest developments.

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RWTH at the EmacsConference 2023

February 8th, 2024 | by
Workflow of a data set processed by Lukas C. Bossert and Jonathan Hartman at EmacsConf 2023 using Emacs and org-mode.

Workflow of a data set processed by Lukas C. Bossert and Jonathan Hartman at EmacsConf 2023 using Emacs and org-mode.
Source: IT Center

Research without digital data has long since become unthinkable. Many different tools and programs are sometimes used to collect, process and organize data. The programs differ not only due to different subject areas and data types, but also with regard to the respective phase within the research data life cycle: starting with data collection, through its cleansing and analytical processing, to the publication-ready output of the data including documentation.

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Love Data Week 2024 – Our Love of Data Continues!

January 25th, 2024 | by
Desktop with hearts

Source: Freepik

Love Data Week (LDW) is just around the corner and we’re ready to mix a dash of flirtation into your data love! From February 12 to 16, 2024, our #RDMPower will be in the spotlight as we participate in the exciting events of LDW under the motto “My Kind of Data”. Find out which events you shouldn’t miss at RWTH Aachen University in this blog post.

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RDM explained – How Do I Organise My data?

January 18th, 2024 | by
Symbolic image of data organisation with folders and an exclamation mark

Source: Freepik

“No one has the time to tidy up, but everyone has the time to search” – this dilemma, as described by efficiency expert Jürgen Kurz, is probably familiar to many. And when dealing with research data, many researchers and scientists are also faced with the challenge of storing their research data in such a way that it is structured, documented and secured for subsequent use. After all, the work done in advance saves us a lot of nerves, time and effort in retrospect. In this article, we would like to give you some helpful tips on data organization.

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Data Literacy and Data Culture Roadmap

January 11th, 2024 | by
Map made from pins

Source: Unsplash

Since its adoption in 2021, the Data Literacy and Data Culture Roadmap has been an important component of the data strategy, the new edition of which we have already reported on in the FDM blog. The roadmap developed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is intended to serve as a guide for a digital awakening in Germany and provide orientation for the responsible use of data. We have summarised the opportunities offered by the roadmap for you in this article.

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From Data Inventory to Data Management Plan

January 4th, 2024 | by
Data Management

Source: Freepik

Note: The blog post was written by Katharina M. E. Grünwald and therefore has a personal character. She works as a data steward at the RWTH IT Center. Have fun reading!

You are about to start your doctoral thesis, the topic has been decided and you know when everything will start. But suddenly you hear that you also need to have good research data management (RDM) if you want to comply with modern good scientific practice. Your department has special data formats, you have to complete a data management plan (DMP), RWTH Aachen University offers services such as Coscine and the German Research Foundation (DFG) also has guidelines on what it considers to be good RDM. Quite a mess… and now?

Don’t worry – we got you. In this blog post, you will learn in two easy-to-apply steps how to get an overview of the chaos and understand the structure behind it.

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