Metadata use in research data management

Abstract

EDITOR'S SUMMARY Prompted by federal requirements, academic institutions and librarians have become more involved in data management planning. An e‐research implementation group was formed at the University of Illinois to develop and promote data initiatives in a variety of ways, including updating a data management website to provide education and awareness to students and faculty. Part of the site focuses on documentation and metadata, describing traditional and nontraditional data types and sources, including lab notebooks, data files and database contents, workflow and operating procedures. The site details the importance of data documentation for the immediate research project and for the institution, explains metadata and provides links to metadata standards and resources.

A brief assessment of researchers’ perceptions towards research data in India

“…They were, of course, concerned about the storage of their data. The researchers believe that they need to focus on their research work and the work of organizing and preserving data for sharing, and reuse gets relegated (Wiley, 2014). Tenopir et al (2011) reported that the researchers are content with their short-term data storage but not satisfied with the storage options available for the long term.…”

“…The metadata has a pivotal role in data management and sharing. It helps the researchers describe their datasets appropriately and facilitate others to search and retrieve them (Wiley, 2014).…”

Análisis de los principios para la descripción de datos de investigación mediante Datacite Metadata Schema

“…Además, los metadatos están configurados y son implementados en los sistemas computacionales que son utilizados mediante el uso de programas informáticos, como es el caso de los destinados al desarrollo de repositorios de datos. Pietritch (2017) y Wiley (2014) han abordado la función de los metadatos en el proceso integral de la gestión de los datos de investigación, destacando la importancia de organizar eficientemente a los datos para propiciar su búsqueda y acceso.…”

Análisis de portales para compartir contenido digital en la formación del profesorado. Una propuesta conceptual de diseño

“…La reutilización de los contenidos digitales es muy importante, entre otros motivos (además de los recogidos en el apartado C.1), porque evita la duplicidad de esfuerzos en la generación de materiales educativos (Alemu, Stevens, & Ross, 2012;C. Wiley, 2014).…”