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This special edition of the podcast is dedicated to remembering Sarah Jones, a much loved leader of the RDM community who passed away in December. The conversation between several people who knew Sarah well includes their personal memories of Sarah as well as reflections on her many important contributions to the development of RDM and Open Science.
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This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory is joined by CJ Woodford, World Data System International Technology Office Research Associate with Ocean Networks Canada at the University of Victoria.
CJ and Rory kick off the discussion with a look at the evolution of Data Commons and CJ shares details regarding the inception of the Global Open Research Commons international model (GORC), as well as the main objectives of the working group involved in its development.
While discussing his own involvement in the project, CJ mentions some of the challenges and lessons encountered along the way, including issues surrounding transparency and accessibility. Rory and CJ go on to look at some of the core components of the GORC model, and the ways in which they were sub-categorized and sorted during the structuring of the model.
Support for the GORC model is rapidly growing, e.g. a description of REASON, a proposed research commons for Norway based on the GORC, model, has just been published at https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10410201.
Join us for this illuminating discussion and learn more about the GORC model, undoubtedly a major leap in the realm of research data commons with the potential for great impact!
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This week, join Rory and Lena Karvovskaya, Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science Community Manager at VU Amsterdam, for a dive into the research data infrastructure at VU Amsterdam and within the Netherlands.
Learn about the organization and integration of various departments to coordinate and execute research data management activities at VU Amsterdam. Join us for a look at some of the interesting opportunities for collaboration and activities that serve to advance open science initiatives!
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In this episode, Rory and Vaida Plankyte, Product Manager and Design Lead at ResearchSpace, discuss the recent RDA plenary in Salzburg!
Join us for key takeaways, a breakdown of the conference, and a discussion about some of the more illuminating conversations and presentations that took place in this exciting week!
Register for the upcoming webinar on PIDs for Instruments featuring Rory and Vaida, alongside Rolf Krahl and Marcus Stocker:
https://helmholtz-berlin-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/u50kdeyhqzsuGdHgbcPU9A5DtwwLVdPUFC1t
The International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA) held the International Data Week 2023: A Festival of Data, which took place on 23–26 October 2023, in Salzburg, Austria and online.
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Join us for another episode focused on PIDS, featuring Alicia Gómez and Elise Harder.
Alicia recently moved from her role as Head of Scientometrics and Data Visualization at the Vienna University of Technology to IE University as Library Director.
Elise is currently in an on-going role as Head of PIDs at the TU Wien Library.
From the implementation and uptake of PIDs and PID related services by researchers to the challenges in doing so, Elise and Alicia share their expertise and experience in the realm of PIDs. As the conversation progresses, Rory, Elise, and Alicia, also move to discuss the implementation of PIDs on local, national, and international levels. Join us and learn about organizations and upcoming events that serve to advance the implementation of PIDs!
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Welcome to the FAIR Data Podcast!
Today we have Lina Sitz and Anna Pirani join Rory to discuss some of theinteresting issues faced and addressed in their latest project at the IPCC. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
Starting off with brief introductions, Anna and Lina give us a high-level overview of the IPCC and its role and impact. Anna and Rory also discuss the human resources aspect of their work and how they made their choices regarding team selection and resource allocation and Lina elaborates on some challenges they faced and how they overcame them through guidance and training.
In addition, Anna mentions some of the infrastructure thatsupports their work. The pair reflect on some of the lessons they learned along the way and how they helped to refine their workflow and amplify their impact.
Join us to learn more about the relationship between datamanagement and climate change!
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This week Rory is joined by Rorie Edmunds, Samples Community Manager at DataCite, for a fascinating conversation focused on the adoption and implementation of PIDs for samples in the form of International Generic Sample Number DOIs (IGSNs).
As a key figure pushing for evolution of the IGSN-DataCite partnership, Rorie has a lot to share regarding developments and challenges. Kicking things off with a high level overview of the partnership, Rorie goes on to mention how it came about, as well as elaborating on goals and issues that the partnership hopes to address.
Given Rorie's role, the conversation naturally shifts to his past and current work, and Rorie mentions his initial focus on liaising closely with current IGSN allocating agents to bring them into the DataCite family and to create IGSN-DOI registration services, including transitioning the current ca. 10 million IGSN IDs, before diving into some factors that attracted Rorie to this position.
As the conversation develops, Rory and Rorie discuss current progress and developments, as well as taking a closer look at both the communities themselves and the ways in which Rorie is getting the word out about the DataCite-IGSN partnership. In addition, Rorie also highlights some of the challenges associated with the adoption of PIDs for material samples and possible solutions.
Join us for the full conversation and learn more about the fascinating and rapidly evolving landscape of PIDs for samples!
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This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory is joined by Gabriela Meijas, Community Manager at DataCite. In her previous role, Gabriela worked for more than five years at ORCID, focusing on community engagement and support. Her responsibilities included driving membership and adoption across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and more recently, within ORCID consortia to help ensure the organization’s sustainability.
Rory and Gabi kick off the conversation with a look at Gabi’s previous and current work, and Gabi shares how her journey led to her current role as Community Manager at DataCite. As the conversation develops, Gabi shares details on current and upcoming projects at DataCite, including the FAIR Impact and Core projects, which aim to implement a FAIR EOSC web of services. Rory and Gabi also discuss the DataCite PIDs graph, which helps to connect research entities with PIDs such as DataCite DOIs, ORCID IDs, and CrossRef DOIs.
Gabi and Rory discuss how researchers can access and make use of such tools and services, and Gabi comments on challenges as well as potential solutions, while providing an overview of how her current work fits in with other services and projects at DataCite aimed to facilitate research sharing and searchability. To conclude, Gabi shares some important developments in the world of PIDs that are likely to take place in the coming years!
Join us for the full episode and discover more about the rapidly evolving world of PIDs as well as Gabi’s journey!
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We are so excited to share this week’s episode featuring Connie Clare, Community development manager at the RDA. Connie previously held a role at the 4TU repository managed by TU Delft in partnership with Eindhoven university, the university of Twente, and Wageningen University.
To kick off the conversation Connie briefly details her role in Community management at 4TU, an international data repository for science, engineering and design disciplines. She mentions the work involved in building the community, which included data stewards, data managers, data trainers, IT support professionals, librarians, research software engineers, and researchers!
As the conversation develops, Rory and Connie discuss the effort to engage with researchers and trying to drive culture change towards better RDM/data practices, and Connie shares her experiences based on connecting on a personal level, through interactions such as sharing success stories, identifying barriers and pain points.Briefly, Connie shares her background before getting involved in RDM, including her work as a phD researcher in developmental biology at the university of Nottingham, as well as the driving force behind the transition to working at the RDA.
Focusing on recent and upcoming work commemorating the RDA’s 10th anniversary, Connie shares plans for international and regional events, and provides additional details about upcoming events such as the upcoming Plenary in Gothenburg, and events focused on themes such as health and medical data (April), and metadata and technical infrastructure (May). Connie extends an invitation to listeners to get involved in events including workshops, blogs, seminars, podcasts, and more!
Find out more about the upcoming Plenary in Gothenburg:
https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-20th-plenary-meeting-gothenburg-hybrid -
This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory is joined by Michael R. Crusoe, co-founder and project lead of the Common Workflow Language (CWL) project for a special edition of the podcast coming out in conjunction with the 10th anniversary celebration of the RDA, with this month being dedicated to Software!
Find out more about Michael’s work here:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2961-9670The conversation starts with a brief look back at the impetus and events that inspired Michael and guided him on his journey to his role today, providing insight into how a combination of domain specific degree, in microbiology in Michael’s case, and a background in IT can give rise to a non-traditional career and journey. Michael expands on how specific events led to an interest in common workflow language, eventually culminating in his current project: the Common Workflow Language (CWL) project, find out more using the following link:
https://www.commonwl.orgAs the conversation develops, Michael gives us a high-level overview of CWL and provides an update on the current standing and future expectations of the project. Michael mentions that CWL is a free and openly licensed standard that is implemented on the level of the command line and languages such as python, C, ruby, pearl and R.
Rory enquires about the work at EOSC and Michael mentions a few EOSC projects that have benefitted/or will engage with the CWL project. During the remainder of the conversation, Rory and Michael discuss community standards, recent developments in the standards landscape, and ways in which FAIR can be achieved by concerted efforts, and the connection between FAIR, software, and data. Check out the episode to join this fantastic conversation!
Find out more about Workflow Run RO-Crate, a working group for defining RO-Crate profiles for capturing the provenance of an execution of a computational workflow, and join here:
https://www.researchobject.org/workflow-run-crate/
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We are incredibly excited to present this special episode celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), featuring Dr. Sven Bingert and Dr. Tibor Kálmán!
Sven and Tibor are experts in Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) and both at GWDG, a service organization which works in conjunction with the Max Plank Society and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and carries out independent research in the field of computer science.
We kick things off with a high-level overview of the PIDs ecosystem, before diving into the areas of PID development that they are currently focusing on including but not limited to: new projects, community consultation reports, work on data types, and PIDs for instruments.With such a wide range of involvement, the conversation turns to the initial impetus and journey that led Sven and Tibor to their current interest in PIDs. As well as elaborating on certain aspects of PIDs that interest them, Sven and Tibor provide some background information and context on GWDG, from inception to current activity.
During the remainder of the conversation, Rory, Sven, and Tibor dive into expectations, maintenance of PIDs, structural and support requirements as well as recommendations for ways to get involved and stay up to date with the latest PIDs related developments!
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This week Rory is joined by Daniel Bangert, Ireland's National Open Research Coordinator at The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI).
Daniel brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in supporting institutional open access and research data services, as well as contributions to European projects related to open science and research data, including the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Europe and FAIRsFAIR.
Rory and Daniel kick off the conversation with the topic of the National Action Plan. Daniel shares the impetus for the plan as well as some background details regarding the National Open Research Forum (NORF), before providing a brief overview of the major components of the plan.
The pair go on to discuss comparisons and contrasts in activities between Ireland and other countries, and Daniel elaborates on notable aspects across a variety of programs and initiatives. Taking a step back, Rory enquires about Daniel's journey and steps towards getting involved in Open Science. Rory and Daniel go on to talk about the upcoming plenary and work on PIDs, as well as some of the most interesting aspects of development on a national and international level.
Join us for the full episode, and hear about Daniel's work and insights!
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This week, Rory is joined by Sharif Islam, Data Architect for DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections) -- a new pan-European research infrastructure project which involves working with European museums and natural science collections to create a data-driven research infrastructure to mobilise, unify and deliver bio - and geo-diversity information.
With a unique background and prior expertise in supercomputing, Sharif briefly shares his interesting journey and involvement in various projects including the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded 'Blue Waters' petascale supercomputer, which was operated by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and ran science and engineering codes, with significant contributions to innovation in the field.
Speaking on DiSSCo, Sharif shares that according to one estimate there are approximately 1.5 billion samples in natural history museums, botanical gardens, and other institutes, and building a research infrastructure for natural science collections data is a challenge that draws on his past expertise, for example with log management, file management, movement of data, but with major differences in scale.
As well as sharing his current work on DiSSCo, Sharif goes on to mention other projects he is/has worked on, including BIO DT - the effort to create a digital twin for biodiversity related data, and the implementation of FAIR - specifically, going from strategy to action. On the latter topic, Sharif shares his thoughts on the importance of training and metadata, as well as the importance of data stewards and foundations for FAIR implementation.
Join us for the full conversation, which also spans the disconnect between highly technical development in FDO and much broader range of activities related to FAIRifying data, comparative development of FAIR in north america and europe, and Open Infrastructure as a way to enabling FAIR!
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This week, Rory is joined by Frederique Belliard, Publishing Officer at the TU Delft Libraries, for a fascinating conversation spanning several aspects of research sharing and facilitation through the lens of a researcher and publisher!
Frederique describes the impetus and motivations that led her to move from research to publishing following her phD and postdoc work, and shares some of the takeaways from her time as a researcher that compliment her current role. She also mentions some of the key developments that she has observed in the world of academic publishing over the last 15 years.Rory and Frederique discuss how the shift from printing to digital facilitates traceability and linking to digital objects. Frederique highlights the importance of preserving and sharing research objects from the entire project, and goes on to talk about the focus and scope of her work at TU Delft. She also shares some of the key innovation happening at TU Delft pertaining to fair recognition, amplification and dissemination of research work, and transformation of printed materials to digital copies.
Some of the interesting themes that emerge include open-license/publishing vs commercial vs in-house university presses, deconstruction of publication to give importance to research objects, and the evolution of publishing practices in line with researcher needs.
Join us for the full episode and get to know Frederique and learn about the publisher's perspective on open-sharing and dissemination of research objects and findings, as well as the latest developments in academic publishing! -
This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory is joined by Laurence Horton, Research Data Specialist at the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), for a fascinating conversation covering the latest developments and insights from Laurence's work at the DCC on two new major projects:
1) FAIR IMPACT: designed to enable implementation of FAIR principles for European Open Science Cloud across different scientific research communities and research outputs at a European level, while also focusing on countries and institutions within Europe.
2) Skills for EOSC: training and support for FAIR data-fication in the European Open Science Cloud.
During the conversation, Laurence weaves together insights and the latest developments to present an illustrative account of emerging policies and support for PIDs (Persistent Identifiers), Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), and generalist & domain specific repositories across multiple countries and organizational levels.
Rory and Laurence also discuss FAIR: the good and the bad. Laurence comments on the advent and importance of the CARE principles (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, Ethics) - which bring in the rights of individuals - pertaining to how data is collected and used. Laurence also briefly comments on archives and historical representation among marginalized groups, silenced groups and how data librarians and data stewards may play a role in supporting them.
Join us for the full conversation and learn about the latest developments and Laurence's work!
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On this episode of the FAIR Data Podcast, we are joined by Rory Macneil, regular host of the FAIR Data Podcast and CEO of Research Space.
Rory recently attended the 1st International Conference of FAIR Digital Objects (FDO2022) in Leiden. This event brought together technical, scientific, industry, and science-policy stakeholders with the aim to boost the development and implementation of FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs) worldwide and transform the Internet into a meaningful data space.
The FDO2022 conference had four main goals:
To present and discuss the anatomy of a FDO
To showcase FDO-Based studies & implementations
To act as a forum for developing FDO-Based Approaches
To propose solutions to facilitate global adoption of FDOS.
Join us, and learn about the latest developments and insights from Rory's experience at the conference.
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This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory joins Katherine McNeill, Program Director at DataWorks!, for a fantastic discussion spanning the work being conducted at FASEB, ORCID as well as insights from Katy's journey so far. To kick off the conversation, Rory asks Katy about her work at Harvard Business School, where she coordinated the library's research data program. Katy talks about her role there and her collaborative interactions with Julie Goldman and Sonia Barbosa, both of whom are previous guests and representatives from Harvard.
As the conversation develops, Katy goes on to talk about her current role as Program Director at DataWorks! at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). As well as elaborating on other aspects, Katy mentions FASEB’s initiatives to advance open scholarship and build incentives for researchers to engage in data management and sharing practices. Combining her experience in research data management with business acumen derived from her MBA, Katy presents a unique and fascinating approach to the task of enabling researchers to engage with research data management services, activities, and organizations, whilst ensuring those services stay aligned with researcher needs. In one example, Katy advocates for building robust research data management practices (e.g., standardized file formats) into the tools researchers already use to reduce the time and resource costs associated with data sharing. In the rest of the conversation, Katy and Rory go on to talk about the work of ORCID and its upcoming initiatives, the role of Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs), and how PIDs can enable tracking of not only outputs but also research objects throughout the lifecycle.
Join us for this insightful and fascinating discussion!
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This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory is joined by Donny Winston, founder and principal consultant at Polyneme, a software and data consultancy, and host of the Machine-Centric Science podcast!
To kick things off Rory and Donny discuss the academic interests that led to Donny's current interest and expertise in data sharing and management. Donny shares his journey from encountering a fork in the road between nanotechnology and computer science in high school to pursuing a postdoc position at Hewlett-Packard Labs, and beyond!
With a strong entrepreneurial spirit evident in his achievements, Donny briefly shares some projects he took on and developed in the interim as he found his way to a position he truly enjoyed at Berkeley Lab. This journey of academic passion and technical expertise development eventually led to Donny applying his skills and expertise in the founding of Polyneme, a data and software consulting firm based in New York. Donny goes on to share some of the work that goes on behind the scenes at Polyneme, as well as providing some background on his decision to start the Machine-Centric Science podcast.
In addition, Donny provides insight into his engagement with the community through his role at FAIRpoints in collaboration with previous guests, Dr. Sara El-Gebali and Chris Erdmann, and highlights their upcoming event (Friday, September 30th: FAIRifying Participant Activity) and the conference on fair digital objects in Leiden towards the end of October, where they will be presenting an abstract on publishing fair points, i.e. Training material developed during their events as fair digital objects. To conclude, Rory and Donny also dive into some of the key current and upcoming issues in the fields of FAIR and Open Science.Join us for the full conversation!
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This week, Rory is joined by Sonia Barbosa, Manager of Data Curation at the Harvard Dataverse Repository, for a deep dive into Dataverse and the latest developments regarding repositories and facilitation of sharing in the field of research data management!
Rory and Sonia begin this detailed and insightful conversation with a brief look at Sonia's background and how she got started with her interest in research data management in the first place. Sonia takes this opportunity to reflect on her career, and shares how her work led her to her current position, as Manager of Data Curation at the Harvard Dataverse Repository.
To kick off, Sonia shares more about the background and inception of Dataverse, before touching on aspects that led to its success and improved its offerings, such as the robust focus on community. Sonia talks about the importance of establishing trust within the community, and shares examples of the work she did to further support and strengthen relationships with researchers and the wider research community, and goes on to mention opportunities that might interest researchers such as upcoming webinars on data sharing and the use of repositories
As the conversation continues to develop, Sonia and Rory dive into the latest developments as they relate to Sonia's role, going on to talk about the use of Data Management Plans, collaboration between repositories, and the essential task of meeting researchers halfway to encourage use of tools such as the Harvard Dataverse Repository.
Join us for the full conversation and learn about Sonia's role at the Harvard Dataverse Repository, the latest developments and much more!
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This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory Macneil shares experiences and insights from the Netherlands National Open Science Festival, which took place on 1st September 2022, at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam.
The #OSF2022NL was an opportunity to learn more about Open Science practices in research and current policy in the Netherlands.
With a focus on "Open Science in Practice" and "Open Science in Policy", the Festival attracted around 300 participants that attended the plenary sessions led by rector of the VU Jeroen Geurts and Hilde van Wijngaarden, VU library director, with over 400 more joining via the live stream. Attendees also had the opportunity to learn and connect in community led workshops and sessions, and the Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf of Education, Culture and Science visited the Festival to join the conversation about different aspects of Open Science, and to hand over five Open Science Awards to five inspiring Use Cases with a focus on societal engagement.
Join us for the full episode, where Rory shares some of the aspects of the Festival that were exciting and innovative, dives into some of the interesting conversations that took place, and highlights the significance of the #OSF2022NL in relation to the wider Open Science movement in the Netherlands.
Find out more about the festival, and access content here:
https://opensciencefestival.nl/
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