status: Completed
Chair (s): Thomas Jejkal, David Wilcox
Group Email: [group_email]
Secretariat Liaison: [field_secretariat_liaison]
Charter
The Research Data Repository Interoperability Working Group will establish standards for interoperability between different research data repository platforms. These standards may include (but are not limited to) a generic API and import/export formats.
Initial Membership
Co-Chairs
Thomas Jejkal, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
David Wilcox, Duraspace, Canada
Members
Colleen Fallaw, University of Illinois, USA
Stefan Funk, Goettingen State and University Library, Germany
Wolfram Horstmann, Goettingen State and University Library, Germany
Cynthia Hudson-Vitale, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Rick Johnson, University of Notre Dame, USA
John Kunze, California Digital Library, USA
Ralph Mueller-Pfefferkorn, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Robert Olendorf, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Ajinkya Prabhune, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Ulrich Schwardmann, Goettingen State and University Library, Germany
Adam Soroka, University of Virginia, USA
Rainer Stotzka, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Jared Whiklo, University of Manitoba, USA
Andrew Woods, Duraspace, USA
Outputs
Research Data Repository Interoperability WG Final Recommendations
The goal of the RDA Research Data Repository Interoperability WG (RDRIWG) was to achieve consensus on an adoptable approach to facilitating research data repository interoperability for a defined set of initial use cases. The following document presents final recommendations the members of the RDRIWG have agreed on. It describes a general exchange format based on the well-known BagIt specification complemented with BagIt Profiles, another specification defining how to describe the internal structure of BagIt-based packages. In order to achieve a basic level of interoperability with regard to the content of such exchange packages, the WG members have agreed on recommending to include DataCite metadata in each package. The presented recommendations document describes the exchange format itself together with adoption guidelines and information about related efforts. In addition, early adoptions are publicly available at GitHub and referenced within the document.
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Research Data Repository Interoperability Primer
This is the first deliverable of the RDRIWG, the Research Data Repository Interoperability Primer. It presents the targeted use cases as well as an overview of standards, technologies and tools this WG has expertise in and which are potentially a part of the proposed consensus. The main focus of the document is on machine operable interfaces, but it also contains a comprehensible collection of data and metadata formats and models focusing on the exchange of digital content in a generic way. Finally, a selection of custom tools is presented, which might not be adopted, but can support decisions through the experience gained while developing and using them. The present document will serve as a basis for discussions towards a consensus to be accepted by a majority of WG members and platform developers in order to achieve a broad adoption of the WGs' outcome and to make progress toward research data repository interoperability.
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