Sustaining biodiversity data publication after SAFRED

Data Management Plans and improving data management practices in biodiversity research

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1. Sustaining biodiversity data publication after SAFRED Data Management Plans and improving data management practices Tanja Milotić @milotict
2. It’s a great era for science! DNA sequencing supercomputers automated data collection eDNA citizen science, image recognition
3. however...
4. Science crisis
5. Nature doi:10.1038/nature.2013.14416
6. OK, but all you need is in the paper… future technologies boost science innovation meta-analyses maximum benefits from research investments public funding biodiversity loss
7. How to manage your data?
10. Data life cycle 1 2 3 4 5 6
11. Data management plans
12. A data management plan (DMP) is a document that describes how you will treat your data during a project and what happens with the data after the project ends (Michener 2015).
13. Why? ˗ time & effort before starting the project ˗ lack of experience ˗ obligated to obtain funding ˗ institutional policy + time saved in later stage + helps to consider all aspects of data life cycle + explicit definition of tasks, expectations, procedures + better decisions about data + roles & responsibilities + better estimate of resources
16. • Online tools & templates • Sponsor requirements • Research questions • Data types: observational, experimental, simulation,... • Measurement methods • Responsibles • Budget
17. • Collection of new data • Reuse of existing datasets • Data file formats • Naming conventions • Folder organisation • Software & tools • Versioning
18. • “Data about data” • Standards • Scripts, methods, tools for quality control
19. • Analyses • Models • Scripts • Derived data • Output: ◦ Datasets ◦ Data papers ◦ Scientific papers ◦ Reports, books,...
20. • Data storage strategy • Back-up plan • Long-term preservation • Data repositories
21. • Data as a citable product of research • Findable • Accessible • Interoperable • Reusable data • How & when will data be available?
22. • “As open as possible, as closed as necessary” • Embargo period • Check rules for pre-existing material • Privacy legislation (surveys, pictures,...)
23. @LifeWatchINBO Thank you! SAFRED outputs: • Data management guidelines (soon online) • Templates for data management plans ( ; online templates soon) • Biodiversity data management workshop (tomorrow)