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How to move from FAIR principles to FAIR practice? During the past year, the FAIR practice task force under the umbrella of the EOSC FAIR Working Group has been gathering its understanding of the current state of FAIR practices across diverse communities, and making recommendations aimed primaril...

A curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards, inter-related to databases and data policies intended for various audience.

Guides and support materials for researchers and project coordinators related with legal issues; copyright, licensing and research data; general data protection regulation and how to deal with sensitive data

Training for PhD researchers covering all basic elements of research data management and data management plans

Open science presentation about how to make publications and research data open

This video illustrates how certified digital repositories contribute to making and keeping research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR). Trustworthy repositories support Open Access to data, as well as Restricted Access when necessary, and they offer support for metadata,...

Managing research data effectively and efficiently is crucial for the success of any research project. In the modern eScience ecosystem, enabling optimal (re)use of data is a major challenge. This slide deck shows that the best approach to managing data is to be as open and FAIR as possible. I pr...

The heritage and archaeology sectors are producing increasing volumes of very diverse data through extensive use of digital technologies and data analysis. Given the processes and the uniqueness of the objects and sites studied, such data is often derived from non-repeatable interventions. This,...

A new electronic fieldwork management system (FMS) for the European Social Survey (ESS) has been developed under SERISS. The FMS aims to provide all ESS stakeholders with access to standardised, timely and accurate information with which to monitor fieldwork progress across countries throughout...

Rapid growth in science and technology offer opportunities to conduct social science research at a scale that was almost unimaginable a generation ago. However, issues around reproducibility and replicability threaten the legitimacy and utility of such research. This ground-breaking open access...