DRAFT INTRODUCTION
Metadata Management Recommendations and Practices Wiki
Many people and stakeholder groups produce data relevant for our data, information and knowledge systems. In order to create a harmonized interoperable and ultimately FAIR data space, practices and processes need to be aligned across our data systems and implemented by these people and stakeholders.
In this Wiki, HMC and its partners will formulate recomendations for such aligned practices. We are making concrete suggestions for the implementation and support with practical suggestions for such procedures. We are thus setting the stage for our vision and mission of a uniform data space and we will document our and your activities here.
The Helmholtz Association is determined to make their data available according to the FAIR principles, thus making it findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. This is expressed in the “Recommendations for Policies of the Helmholtz Centers on Research Data Management” [1].
To achieve FAIR data across the various data infrastructures (DIS) within the Helmholtz Association, a number of coordinated efforts are required. The first step is to examine the existing infrastructures and their interfaces in order to identify the best practices to use as a model. With the help of coordination processes in various committees, which have agreed on different individual goals (building blocks - see figure …), the detailed implementation and recommendation is agreed for each agreed building block and documented on the corresponding website.
The resulting recommendations are always recorded with the same questions and harmonized structure. There are therefore two perspectives to consider: on the one hand, the discussion and agreement on content, and on the other, how the administrative and technical implementation should take place. Each individual step required for implementation must be examined. The perspectives and roles of the various parties involved are taken into account in order to consider all influences in detail. Also the decision-making processes that lead to established procedures are outlined from the lower to the upper levels and vice versa.
This provides a foundation for optimizing the procedures concerning the individuals involved, their responsibilities, and the necessary actions. In order for the FAIR approach to be successful, it is essential that identified stakeholders take on specific responsibilities.
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Contributors
- HMC Hub Earth and Environment
- DataHub AK Metadaten