[Patrice Lyons]

You mention below the CASRAI project that looks interesting.  However, it appears that the CASRAI terms and definitions will be linked using a UUID or URL, i.e., the terms and definitions will be represented in digital form, not as you suggest “analog.”  I noticed the following statement at the CASRAI site:”Each term has a unique identifier (UUID) and a URL that can be used as
references to enhance reading comprehension of documents by hyperlinking
terms to their definition. The URL for each term contains a link to a ‘Discussion’ page to complete the feedback loop with the community of
users.”As such, the glossary would appear to come within the already agreed work of the RDA Data Foundations and Terminology Working Group effort.  There appears to be a mix in the discussion below between preexisting information represented in non-digital form, and the management of such information when it is represented in digital form. Patrice LyonsAug 18, 2015 05:24:40 PM, ***@***.*** wrote:
On the question of whether RDA has its own RDM glossary containing a definition of research data, the answer is “Sort of yes”. Here is what I’ve surfaced so far:
 
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The Data  Foundations  and  Terminology  (DFT) Working Group of RDA has in their remit the job of devising definitions for use across RDA
 
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Their released deliverables to date comprise a set of documents available online at https://rd-alliance.org/group/data-foundation-and-terminology-wg/outcome…
 
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Of particular relevance to our discussion is RDA Data Foundation and Terminology DFT 3:Snapshot of DFT Core Terms, online at

https://rd-alliance.org/system/files/DFT3%20-%20Snapshot%20of%20core%20terms.pdf
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They identify core terms and core concepts, using ‘snapshots’ to fix and represent a term/concept that may be differently understood across RDA or may be evolving
and still fluid
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They have defined  only  those  10  core terms which have shown to find rough consensus: neither “data” nor “research data” are not among those 10 core terms
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“Data object” is not a core term in the eyes of this WG but it does have a ‘placeholder’ in the Appendix of Additional Terms that have been discussed. The term “Data
object” is associated with the following “indication of meaning”: a type of Digital Object containing processible data/information/knowledge. “Digital Object” is a core term and is defined as:
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2.2.1 Digital Object (DO)
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A. Definition
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A digital object  (DO) is represented  by  a  bitstream, is referenced  and  identified by  a  persistent identifier and has properties being characterized by metadata.
 
Thus it appears for our purposes that analog (non-digital) objects fall outside the scope of our Principles and Guidelines.
 
It also appears from Data Foundation and Terminology (DFT) WG webpage that they are aware of the newly introduced CASRAI glossary. A posting to that page on 8-17-2015 reports:
 
Announcing a new transdisciplinary Glossary for research data management
Research Data Canada (RDC) in partnership with the international Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI)
is pleased to announce the launch of a PILOT for a new interactive Glossary containing 500+ draft terms and definitions to support work in the field of research data management.
The glossary is publicly available under a Creative Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) at
http://dictionary.casrai.org/Category:Research_Data_Domain
 
 
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From: Donat Agosti [mailto:***@***.***]
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; agdturner ; RDA/CODATA Legal Interoperability IG
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Subject: RE: [rda-legalinterop-ig] Variant definitions of research data
 
Does RDA have a definition of research data? What about US NSF or Horizon 2020/EU research? I am sure, Paul through his work at the National Academy has a source(s)?
How does research data relate to research results that ought to be open in the US? Though Research data is not mentioned in the memo data is included in research results

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf
cheers
donat
 
 
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Subject: Re: [rda-legalinterop-ig] Variant definitions of research data
 
The research data definition is better from my standpoint and incorporates all the examples I included.  And, it covers the other more intentional data collection efforts.
 
-Lisa
 
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 1:56 PM, agdturner wrote:
Just to point out that the CASRAI glossary also has a definition for research data that might be useful:
http://dictionary.casrai.org/Research_data
Data that are used as primary sources to support technical or scientific
enquiry, research, scholarship, or artistic activity, and that are used as evidence in the research process and/or are commonly accepted in the research community as necessary to validate research findings and results. All other digital and non-digital content
have the potential of becoming research data. Research data may be experimental data, observational data, operational data, third party data, public sector data, monitoring data, processed data, or repurposed data.
 
 
Andy
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/people/a.turner/index.html
 
 
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On Behalf Of Repositorian
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Subject: [rda-legalinterop-ig] Variant definitions of research data
 
Hello RDA Colleagues,
 
There seems to be a proliferation of definitions across our domain, including this one from CASRAI as part of their research data glossary initiative.
http://dictionary.casrai.org/Data
 
CASRAI just put out a call for reviews of their glossary and the one for data looks pretty good.
 
Does this look useful to you?  Does it align with the RDA research data terminology work?
 
Data
 
Facts, measurements, recordings, records, or observations about the world collected by scientists and others, with a minimum of contextual interpretation. Data may be in any format
or medium taking the form of writings, notes, numbers, symbols, text, images, films, video, sound recordings, pictorial reproductions, drawings, designs or other graphical representations, procedural manuals, forms, diagrams, work flow charts, equipment descriptions,
data files, data processing algorithms, or statistical records
 
 
 
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