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JISCMRD Projects and the OAIS Reference Model

Joss Winn has recently blogged about the Orbital Project’s use of the OAIS Reference model in which he makes some very important points. The mistake to make with OAIS is looking at the model and thinking that you have to create a system that is designed in such a way, rather than functions in such […]

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Coordination of Metadata Strategies?

Some info on metadata standards being used by JISCMRD projects is available on the commonalities spreadsheet. There was a breakout group at the Programme Launch Workshop on metadata standards: for blogged accounts of this session, see http://researchdataessex.posterous.com/metadata-session-feedback-mrd-2011-13-program and http://sonexworkgroup.blogspot.com/2011/12/thematic-parallel-session-on-metadata.html The Metadata Breakout Group came up with some actions, though these are reported a little differently […]

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Managing Research Data Projects’ Regional Meetings and Collaborations?

A number of JISCMRD Projects have been looking at regional collaborations.  Organised by Jez Cope of Bath Research 360, the projects in the south west of the country (Bath Research 360, Bristol’s Data.Bris, UWE’s MRD Pilot and Open Exeter) met recently.  There are two blog posts about this meeting which may be of interest to […]

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Two Presentations from JISC Managing Research Data Projects

Two projects have recently posted presentations which may be of interest to others. Bill Worthington from the #rdtk_herts project recently gave a lunchtime presentation at the University of Hertfordshire which provides a useful overview of the Research Data Toolkit Project.  There are sections covering the motivation, national and local policy contexts, benefits/impact and the projects approach […]

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JISC Managing Research Data Programme Elements in JISC Grant Funding Call 01-12

JISC has today release a Grant Funding Call 01/12.  The Call for Proposals comes from JISC’s Digital Infrastructure Team and contains four elements which are part of the Managing Research Data Programme http://bit.ly/jiscmrd2011-13 The Grant Funding Call may be found on the JISC website at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2012/01/0112%20DI.aspx The deadline for submission is 12.00 noon on 16 […]