Expanding the Research Data Management Service Portfolio at Bielefeld University According to the Three-pillar Principle Towards Data FAIRness

Jochen Schirrwagen; Philipp Cimiano; Vidya Ayer; Christian Pietsch; Cord Wiljes; Johanna Vompras; Dirk Pieper

doi:10.5334/dsj-2019-006

Expanding the Research Data Management Service Portfolio at Bielefeld University According to the Three-pillar Principle Towards Data FAIRness

Authors

Jochen Schirrwagen Bielefeld University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0458-1004
Philipp Cimiano Bielefeld University
Vidya Ayer Bielefeld University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3661-3277
Christian Pietsch Bielefeld University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8778-1273
Cord Wiljes Bielefeld University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-5391
Johanna Vompras Bielefeld University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8224-2884
Dirk Pieper Bielefeld University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6083-9348

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2019-006

Keywords:

Research Data Management, Reproducibility, Continuous Integration

Abstract

Research Data Management at Bielefeld University is considered as a cross-cutting task among central facilities and research groups at the faculties. While initially started as project “Bielefeld Data Informium” lasting over seven years (2010–2015), it is now being expanded by setting up a Competence Center for Research Data. The evolution of the institutional RDM is based on the three-pillar principle: 1. Policies, 2. Technical infrastructure and 3. Support structures. The problem of data quality and the issues with reproducibility of research data is addressed in the project Conquaire. It is creating an infrastructure for the processing and versioning of research data which will finally allow publishing of research data in the institutional repository. Conquaire extends the existing RDM infrastructure in three ways: with a Collaborative Platform, Data Quality Checking, and Reproducible Research.

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Published

2019-01-15

Issue

Vol. 18 (2019)

Section

Practice Papers

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