The Service provided a point
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 4:46 am
Over the two days our colleagues from India learned about the data service infrastructure and funding environment in the UK, and how our own data service is managed and run including the data ingest pipeline, from negotiating with data owners and licensing, to processing and documenting data, though to providing access to and user support for data users.
Following the visit Matthew prepared a report setting out some austria rcs data practical observations that would help put the plans for the ICSSR Data Service into action. Key areas included the need to factor in continuous appraisal and monitoring of the collection, the (possible) deaccessioning of collections, dealing with personal data, disaster recovery, the relationship to other workflows, for example, the research funding application process (as in the ESRC’s Research Data Policy) and ensuring adequate data citation mechanisms, each of which has implications for establishing information architecture and the costs involved. Our advice to anyone wishing to establish a new data repository is to frame key activities using the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) (ISO 16363) as a guide, a standard which provides an intuitive reference model for digital repositories, especially to help structure workflows, staffing and IT operations.
In July 2015, a licence to use our HASSET Thesaurus was granted to the ICSSR, and in September 2015, point response to the requests from ICSSR for continued support from the UK Data Archive in establishing ICSSR’s Data Repository, including our complete policy framework.
Following the visit Matthew prepared a report setting out some austria rcs data practical observations that would help put the plans for the ICSSR Data Service into action. Key areas included the need to factor in continuous appraisal and monitoring of the collection, the (possible) deaccessioning of collections, dealing with personal data, disaster recovery, the relationship to other workflows, for example, the research funding application process (as in the ESRC’s Research Data Policy) and ensuring adequate data citation mechanisms, each of which has implications for establishing information architecture and the costs involved. Our advice to anyone wishing to establish a new data repository is to frame key activities using the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) (ISO 16363) as a guide, a standard which provides an intuitive reference model for digital repositories, especially to help structure workflows, staffing and IT operations.
In July 2015, a licence to use our HASSET Thesaurus was granted to the ICSSR, and in September 2015, point response to the requests from ICSSR for continued support from the UK Data Archive in establishing ICSSR’s Data Repository, including our complete policy framework.