FAQ RDM

Yes, that’s possible and you can do this yourself (for more info see this). You can also reserve a data-DOI in the upload form of the repository. Do not publish your dataset yet. You can use this data-DOI in your manuscript. The data-DOI will be activated once you publish the dataset online. If at that point you have the DOI of your article, you can include this in the metadata section of the submission. This will complete the circle: the article-DOI is referenced in the metadata of the dataset, the data-ROI is referenced in the article.

No, CC licenses are not suited for software licensing.

For TU/e staff the use of 4TU.ResearchData is free up to 1 Tb per year. If your data exceeds 1 Tb, please contact rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl.

4TU.ResearchData reviews applications to the so called ‘Data Refinement Fund’. Here you can apply for a maximum of €5,000 to make your dataset FAIR.

No, institutional log-in to DMPonline with your TU/e credentials is not possible. You must create a personal account.

Yes, send an email to rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl and your request will be picked up by one of TU/e’s data stewards. More information can be found on this page.

Yes, but not in a standard way. Students can request access to SURFdrive via Information Management and Services. The request must be approved by the faculty where they are studying.

You can find examples at DMPonline. NWO has published a DMP assessment rubric. Contact rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl if you need help with writing your DMP.

Yes, if the research code is needed to access and process the data or if the research software code is the outcome of your research. If for some reason you cannot make your software available, you must explain this in your data management plan.

No, TU/e is still working on this.

No. TU/e uses the templates prescribed by research funders.

Yes, that’s 4TU.ResearchData. It’s co-developed by TU Delft, University of Twente and TU/e.

Yes, see https://gitlab.TUe.nl.

A safe and secure way to share datasets and work on projects collaboratively is by using SURFdrive or Research Drive. Research Drive has a higher security level and is better suited for working collaboratively with other TU/e members and external collaborators.

Go to 4TU.ResearchData, select TU/e at Institutional account, log in with your TU/e credentials, fill out the upload form and attach your data files to the form. You can find instructions here.

Information an anonymization and pseudonymization can be found here and here. For further information and support, please contact the data stewards of the RDM support team (rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl).

Visit the site of the Ethical Review Board in order to register your research. Read more about the steps you need to take on the Privacy and Ethics page. Contact the data stewards via rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl in order to get help with privacy issues.

On My Dashboard, click Create plan. At Select the primary funding organization, choose the right funder (NWO, ZonMW, European Commission (H2020), ERC). Select Create plan to start answering the questions. Click Share à Invite collaborators to make a TU/e data steward editor of the plan so that your DMP can be reviewed.

It is important to store the key file at another location (i.e., using another storage facility) than the research data. For example, if you store the research data on SURFdrive, you could store the key file on a TU/e network drive. Make sure to password-protect and/or encrypt the key file.

No, this is not possible once your dataset is published (has received a DOI). What you can do is to upload the correct dataset in its entirety. The description of this new dataset will now mention that this is an improved version of the previous dataset (and vice versa).

TU/e is working on guidelines on this.

UCI Machine Learning Repository.

LXCat.

No, if there is a good alternative in your scientific discipline, we advise you to use it. See this short overview or go to re3data.org to find a suitable repository.

No, your data set and accompanying description will first be reviewed. You will be informed whether or not your dataset is approved. This will take approximately three working days.

Yes, see this.

All research funders use templates that allow you to create your DMP. Visit their website or have a look at our page on data management plans for more information.

The data stewards work for the Research Data Management (RDM) team at Data Management and Library (DML). You can contact them through rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl. Your request will then be picked up by one of the data stewards. Here you can find if your department has an embedded data steward.

In short, metadata is simply a description of an object (a dataset, for example). Metadata is needed to retrieve a dataset, to make a dataset understandable for others and to indicate the provenance of the dataset.

The FAIR principles are a set of guiding principles that allow many different approaches to make data Findable, Accessible and Interoperable, in order to serve the ultimate goal of Reusability. More information can be found on here and here. Software can also be made fair: https://fair-software.nl/.

A DOI is not a URL. A DOI is a unique number that identifies a digital object on the internet (a publication, a data set, etc.) regardless of where the object is located on the internet (URL). This means that if the URL of the object changes, the object can still be found using the DOI.

You can send a request for more storage space to Information Management and Services.

That depends on the funder. Often, you need to address data management in your proposal and write a more elaborate data management plan once you have been awarded the funding. Usually, you cannot start your project without approval of the data management plan by the funder. You can find more information about the requirements of several important research funders here. Note that it is always a good idea to write a data management plan before starting a research project and update it during your research project.

Have a look at the FAQ on the website of Privacy. You can also consult the data stewards of Research Data Management through rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl.

TU/e supports several storage facilities: TU/e network drives, SURFdrive and Research Drive. If you need help choosing a facility or if you have specific needs, please contact rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl or your faculty Research IT.

You should choose a license that allows access to your data by as many people as possible, with the fewest restrictions. See our page on data storage, sharing and archiving for more information. If you need help choosing a license, please contact rdmsupport@remove-this.tue.nl.

Consider a GPL-compatible license or a BSD-like/MIT license. You can find more information in the Software section.