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CODATA Research Data Management Terminology

Acronym: CODATA-RDMT
Publisher CODATA
Created: 27 Jun 2023 𝕏

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The goal of the CODATA Research Data Management Terminology is to gather the key terms needed for a common understanding of the research data management domain.  The RDMT was revised by the CODATA RDM Terminology Working Group, shared for public review, and then confirmed and finalised in 2023.

The RDMT grew out of the CASRAI Research Data Management Glossary, which
was intended as a practical reference for individuals and groups concerned with the improvement of research data management (RDM).  In 2020, CASRAI requested that CODATA assume responsibility for the curation of this valued resource. 

To that end, the RDM Terminology Working Group uses a lightweight and pragmatic biennial process to review the resource now restructured as the CODATA RDM Terminology and suggest any edits, additions and removals that are required in order to develop and improve this important reference resource. The terminology convenor is laura@codata.org.

Revision Cycle

Biennial

Languages

English

Notes

The aim of the RDMT Working Group is to create a stable and sustainably-governed standard terminology of community-accepted terms and definitions for concepts relevant to research data management, and to keep this terminology relevant by maintaining it as a ‘living document’ that is updated regularly.

Definitions should be clear and unambiguous, and where possible, fit with common usage.  Definitions should be apposite across research data management activities of key stakeholders, including but not limited to those working in research, data management, digital curation and preservation, research management, research policy, open data advocacy, computer science, information management, research administration, library, scholarly publishing, digital archiving and research funding roles.  Some terms may have more than one definition, in which case the relevant context should be specified. The terminology is not an attempt to list every concept, tool and standard relevant to RDM; rather, it focuses on terms without easily found authoritative definitions elsewhere, and offers their definition in the context of contemporary RDM.

WG members will choose the terms they wish to review and will have a set amount of time to do so.  Not all terms need to be reviewed every review year.  Members will report – for each term that they review – whether they wish to 

  • accept the term and its definition in its current form; 
  • edit it (and specify the proposed edits); 
  • or remove it.  

Further, any additions of terms that are felt to be currently missing can also be proposed.  Once all our changes are agreed across the WG, we’ll open the new and revised terms for a set period to the public for review, then close that version of the terminology.

For more information on the working group, please visit https://codata.org/initiatives/data-science-and-stewardship/rdm-terminology-wg/.

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