status: Completed

Chair (s): Michael Diepenbroek, Claire Austin, Jonathan Petters, Marina Soares e Silva

Group Email: [group_email]

Secretariat Liaison: [field_secretariat_liaison]


The Group completed its outputs and recommendations in April 2019 and thus completed its work as a group towards the initial Case Statement. The outputs of this Working Group are considered and included in the efforts of both the FAIR Data Maturity Model WG and the FAIRsFAIR Project.


WDS/RDA Publishing Data Interest Group

WDS/RDA Certification of Digital Repositories Interest Group

 

WDS/RDA Assessment of Data Fitness for Use WG


The increasing availability of research data and its evolving role as a first class scientific output in the scholarly communication requires a better understanding of and the possibility to assess data quality, which in turn can be described as conformance of data properties to data usability or fitness for use. These properties are multifaceted and cover various aspects related to data objects, access services, and data management processes such as the level of annotation, curation, peer review, and citability or machine readability of datasets. Moreover, the compliance  of a data repository or data center providing datasets - for example with certification requirements - could serve as a useful proxy. Firstly, a concept of data fitness requires assessment of quality criteria to be included as well as the weighing of each of those criteria. The process should preferably lead to the development  of a corresponding metric. Secondly, we want to find effective ways to expose and communicate this metric, for e.g. by using a labelling or tagging system whereby different usability levels are made explicit.

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07
January
2020

RDA Plenary 15 session acceptance: "Towards Metadata Requirements for Data Quality Assessment Joint Meeting"

by Stefanie Kethers

Dear Social Science Research Data Interest Group, WDS/RDA Assessment of Data Fitness for Use Working Group, and FAIR Data Maturity Model Working Group,     Thank you for responding to the TAB comments on your session proposal "Towards Metadata Requirements for Data Quality Assessment Joint Meeting" for RDA Plenary 15 in March 2020. Your revised session proposal has been accepted. Congratulations! We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne.   Best wishes,   Stefanie Kethers (RDA Secretariat)
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23
December
2019

RDA P15 Melbourne - Session Acceptance (Improve before Accept)

by Isabelle PERSEIL

  Dear Social Science Research Data Interest Group, GO FAIR Interest Group, WDS/RDA Assessment of Data Fitness for Use Working group and FAIR Data Maturity Model Working group,   At its meeting on December 19, the RDA Technical Advisory Board considered your proposal for a session at Plenary 15 in 2020.   Unfortunately, TAB IS NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT YOUR SESSION PROPOSAL UNLESS YOU MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE LISTED BELOW. IF YOU STILL WISH TO PROCEED YOU WILL NEED TO:  
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09
December
2019

P15 Session Proposal Received

by Jamie Lupo-Petta

Dear RDA Chair, Thank you for your session proposal for Plenary 15 titled “Data Quality Assessment Joint Meeting”. 
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06
December
2019

RDA Plenary 15 Announcements - Registration and Calls for Co-located Events and Posters Now Open 

by Yolanda Meleco

RDA is excited to announce several important pieces of information related to RDA Plenary 15: Data for Real-World Impact, which will be held from 18-20 March 2020 in Melbourne, Australia at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre, MCEC (https://mcec.com.au/).
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28
November
2019

Deadline For P15 Group Session Submissions Extended To 5 December 2019

by Alexandra Delipalta

Dear RDA members,    RDA's 15th Plenary meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 18-20 March 2020    The deadline to submit session proposals for Plenary 15 in Melbourne, Australia has been extended to 5 December 2019, midnight UTC. Group session application form Joint meeting application form
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12
November
2019

Deadline for P15 Group Session Submissions Fast Approaching

by Alexandra Delipalta

Dear Group Members,  The deadline for group session submissions for Plenary 15 is 28 November 2019, midnight UTC – just two weeks away. If your group is interested in submitting a session for a working group, interest group or joint meeting session, submissions will only be accepted from your group chairs, so be sure to coordinate with them to ensure proper communication of the submission.    If you are a chair and submitting for a joint meeting session, all chairs involved in that joint session must be notified of the submission. 
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29
October
2019

CODATA Data Science Journal Call For Papers: Research Data Alliance Results Special Collection

by Gina Pavone

Dear members, I’m writing on behalf of the editors of the CODATA data science journal special collection on RDA results. I would like to recall the possibility to submit the outputs produced by this group for the special collection. 
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17
September
2019

New RDA BoF: Curating for FAIR and Reproducible Data and Code

by Jonathan Petters

WDS/RDA Assessment of Data Fitness for Use Working Group members, Find below an announcement for a new RDA Birds of a Feather Group that should be of interest to you. If you will be at RDA14 in Helsinki maybe I'll see you there! Regards, Jon -- Jonathan Petters Ph.D. Data Management Consultant and Curation Services Coordinator Data Services, University Libraries Virginia Tech (540) 232-8682
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04
September
2019

RDA website unavailable due to maintenance on 4 and 5 September 2019

by Sara Pittonet Gaiarin

Dear RDA members,   The following message is to inform you that RDA website is scheduled for a technical maintenance from today 4 September at 10:00 UTC until tomorrow 5 September at 10:00 UTC. Messages sent to RDA Group mailing lists will not be delivered during the maintenance period.   We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.   RDA Team
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