Case Statements, Agreements & Charters

The Array Database Assessment WG will inspect the emerging technology of Array Databases to provide support for technologists and decision makers considering Big Data services in academic and industrial environments (such as in large-scale data centers) by establishing best-practice guidelines on how to optimally serve multi-dimensional gridded Big Data through Array Databases. This will be…

Introduction: We are proposing a Chemistry Research Data Interest Group under the auspices of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), to foster diverse professional exchange on issues particular to data originating from the field of chemistry. Chemistry, as one of the central sciences, has fundamental impact on the fields of health, pharmaceuticals, materials, energy and many other…

RDA Health Data Interest Group Charter – Revised Charter taking into account the TAB recommendations   Name of Proposed Interest Group: Health Data Interest Group   Introduction (A brief articulation of what issues the IG will address, how this IG is aligned with the RDA mission, and how this IG would be a value-added contribution to…

Revised Charter See link to Version 3 in attachments to this page below, updated as an Interest Group Charter.         [Old Case Statement]   Working Group Charter         This Working Group will explore issues related to scientific research data sets that contain human subject information, as well as related datasets that have…

  Updated with TAB feedback 21-June -2016   Introduction   Given the increased value of research data as a national research asset, many countries are establishing national and regional level support for research data. This interest group targets such national/regional services with broad cross-discipline scope1.     For members of the RDA community, “how to…

Revisions See revised Case Statement V2 and TAB review response in attached documents.       Proposal for ICSU-WDS/RDA WG on a Framework and Registry for Brokering and  Mediation Components Background Mediation and Brokering In a SOA framework, software components interoperability is implemented by defining and using common protocols. In a web services framework, interoperability…

Case Statement/Charter for the establishment of an Joint RDA/TDWG Working Group on Metadata Standards for attribution of physical and digital collections stewardship Thessen, A.E., Woodburn M., Ariño A., Flann C., Nicolson N., Shorthouse D. and Koureas D. 1. WG Charter This working group (WG) will address the incomplete standards for giving attribution for the maintenance, curation,…

NOTE – This charter statement has been replaced by the attached V2 text.  See the attached PDF for the updated version.  15 May 2017 ——————————————————————- 1. WG Charter The empirical humanities include history, folklore, cultural anthropology and other fields in which researchers collect primary data of different types that can be used for cultural analysis.…

As a domain, Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is exceptionally broad and interdisciplinary with its origins most directly from metallurgy, ceramics and polymer science, but also with important ties to other disciplines such as physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, geology, electronics, optics, and biology. As a global community, MSE is expanding rapidly worldwide through the establishment…

Problem Statement and Scope The exchange of information is based on a very fundamental concept: mutual trust. Trust is difficult to establish and easy to lose. In order to be able to trust each other, research facilities, companies and institutions need to agree on and ensure minimum data protection standards. This requires a verifiable layer…