**Recommendation M2.2 **

======Recommendation to Helmholtz data stewards, repository maintainers and developers to implement ROR as a reference to organizations in technical infrastructures======

=====Description=====
[Status: Under development, Date: ~~LASTMOD~~, Version: 001]

=====Motivation for this Recommendation: =====

[shortened from below]

=====Recommendation ====
It is recommended that data infrastructures (data repositories, data bases) should:

  - record a ROR with any organization registered in conjunction with the metadata of datasets, publications, instruments and alike where possible and make this data part of the datasets available for harvesting.
  - treat ROR metadata as the primary source of truth and update their own metadata accordingly.
  - Optionally inform the respective organizations if they think the metadata registered with the ROR is not accurate.
=====Binding Convention: =====


^                         ^ mandatory  ^ conditional	          ^ optional ^
^ Helmholtz FAIR Principle|            |      |          |

=====Precondition for Implementation: =====

=====Related Recommendations =====

Parent:

Dependent:

Other: none

=====Contributors=====

Names of contributors to this recommendation

=====Content=====

====1. Explanation of the Background and Benefits of the Recommendation ====

__About__

__History and structure__

__Current Use of ...__

__Motivation__

====2. Possible alternative solutions====

====3. Consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the recommendation====

(quality of content, limitations, interoperability, sustainability:
expected future dissemination / technical availability / funding)

====4. The Recommendation====

It is recommended that data infrastructures (data repositories, data bases) should:

  - record a ROR with any organization registered in conjunction with the metadata of datasets, publications, instruments and alike where possible.
  - treat ROR metadata as the primary source of truth and update their own metadata accordingly.
  - Optionally inform the respective organizations if they think the metadata registered with the ROR is not accurate.

====5. Naming of communities that have already implemented the recommendation====

====6. Documentation of the test to validate correct implementation====



====7. Examples of Instances====

====8. Further Information====

===References===

===Relevant Community Recommendations===

====9. History of this document====