Managing Research Data at the University of Porto: Requirements, Technologies, and Services

Managing Research Data at the University of Porto: Requirements, Technologies, and Services

João Rocha da Silva (University of Porto, Portugal), Cristina Ribeiro (University of Porto, Portugal) and João Correia Lopes (University of Porto, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781466626690|ISBN10: 1466626690|EISBN13: 9781466627000
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch010
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Rocha da Silva, João, Cristina Ribeiro and João Correia Lopes. "Managing Research Data at the University of Porto: Requirements, Technologies, and Services." Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies. IGI Global, 2013. 174-197. Web. 11 Jan. 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch010

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Rocha da Silva, J., Ribeiro, C., & Lopes, J. C. (2013). Managing Research Data at the University of Porto: Requirements, Technologies, and Services. In J. Ramalho, A. Simões, & R. Queirós (Eds.), Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies (pp. 174-197). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch010

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Rocha da Silva, João, Cristina Ribeiro and João Correia Lopes. "Managing Research Data at the University of Porto: Requirements, Technologies, and Services." In Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies, ed. José Carlos Ramalho, Alberto Simões and Ricardo Queirós, 174-197 (2013), accessed January 11, 2020. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch010

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Abstract

This chapter consists of a solution for the management of research data at a higher education and research institution. The chapter is based on a small-scale data audit study, which included contacts with researchers and yielded some preliminary requirements and use cases. These requirements led to the design of a data curation workflow involving the researcher, the curator, and a data repository. The authors describe the features of the data repository prototype, which is an extension to the widely used DSpace repository platform and introduced a set of features mentioned by the majority of the interviewed researchers as relevant for a data repository. The data repository platform contributes to the curation workflow at the university, with XML technology at its core—data is stored using XML documents, which can be systematically processed and queried unlike its original-format counterpart. This system is capable of indexing, querying, and retrieving, in whole or in part, datasets represented in tabular form. There is also the possibility of using elements from domain-specific XML schemas for the cataloguing process, improving the interoperability and quality of the deposited data.

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