RDA Outputs are the technical and social infrastructure solutions developed by RDA Working Groups or Interest Groups that enable data sharing, exchange, and interoperability.
These Outputs have an important impact in two areas: solving problems, and incorporation and/or adoption in infrastructure environments by individuals, projects and organisations. As an organisation, RDA's goal is to expand awareness and adoption of these Outputs, and hence their impact, within all regions of the world. RDA Outputs are products of the respective Working or Interest Group and should be demonstrably developed and endorsed by the group. Each Output should have the respective Working or Interest Group listed as an author where appropriate.
RDA Outputs are classified as RDA Recommendations (official, endorsed results of RDA Groups), Supporting Outputs (useful solutions from our RDA Working and Interest Groups) or other Outputs - more information can be found at https://www.rd-alliance.org/recommendations-outputs. They are all listed below and can be searched according to their focus, scientific domain, or by status using the filters on the right. Filters can be combined, too (if more than one filter is selected, results sum up).
You can also browse the full list
by clicking on the "table view" icon below
Data Description Registry Interoperability Model
10 Things for Curating Reproducible and FAIR Research
"10 Things for Curating Reproducible and FAIR Research," describes the key issues of curating...
23 Things: Libraries for Research Data (Supporting Output)
23 Things: Libraries for Research Data provides an overview of practical, free, online resources...
39 Hints to Facilitate the Use of Semantics for Data on Agriculture and Nutrition
This document presents the recommendations of the RDA Agrisemantics Working Group (WG) to...
A curriculum for foundational Research Data Science skills for Early Career Researchers
This recommendation describes the curriculum and example materials to give Early Career...
A survey of current practices in data search services
Relevancy ranking is an important component of making a data repository's search system...
Addressing the Gaps: Recommendations for Supporting the Long Tail of Research Data
The “Long Tail of Research Data Interest Group” has been assessing the situation of long tail...
An open, universal literature-data cross-linking service - RDA/WDS Publishing Data Services WG Recommendations
The ICSU-WDS & RDA Publishing Data Services group proposes an approach to sharing...
Basic Vocabulary of Foundational Terminology Query Tool - Data Foundation and Terminology (DFT) WG Recommendations
Based on 21 data models presented by experts coming from different disciplines and 120...
Challenges of Curating for Reproducible and FAIR Research Output
Computational reproducibility is the ability to repeat the analysis and arrive at the same...
CODATA/RDA Summer School in Data Science and Cloud Computing in the Developing World WG Recommendations
The CODATA/RDA Summer School in Data Science and Cloud Computing in the Developing World WG...
Compilation of Data Versioning Use cases from the RDA Data Versioning Working Group
Data versioning is a fundamental element to ensuring the reproducibility of research. Work in...
Core Characteristics of Learning Resource Collectors
As part of the Education And Training On Handling Of Research Data IG (ETHRD-IG)...
Data Type Model and Registry - Data Type Registries (DTR) WG Recommendations
Often researchers receive a file from colleagues, follow a link, or otherwise encounter data...
Developing a Research Data Policy Framework for All Journals and Publishers
Defines and describes 14 features of journal research data policies and arranges these into a...
Engaging Researchers with Data Management: The Cookbook
Engaging Researchers with Data Management is an invaluable collection of 24 case studies, drawn...
FAIR Data Maturity Model: specification and guidelines
This document describes a maturity model for FAIR assessment with assessment indicators,...
Federated Identity Management for Research Collaborations
This white-paper expresses common requirements of Research Communities seeking to leverage...
GORC IG: Typology and Definitions
The Global Open Research Commons is an Interest Group within the Research Data Alliance. The IG...
GORC IG: Typology and Definitions Diagram
The Global Open Research Commons is an Interest Group within the Research Data Alliance. The IG...
Guidelines for publishing structured metadata on the Web
The FAIR principles refer frequently to metadata as a key enabler in discoverability, but also...
Income Streams for Data Repositories
Basic funding of data infrastructure may not keep pace with increasing costs. There is a need,...
International Materials Resource Registries Working Group: Final Report and Recommendations
InteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminologies (I-ADOPT) WG Outputs and Recommendations
Machine Actionable Policy Templates - Practical Policy WG Recommendations
Computer actionable policies are used to enforce management, automate administrative tasks,...
Matrix of use cases and functional requirements for research data repository platforms
The matrix describes the functional requirements identified for research data repository...
Member survey on bridging the gap between funders and communities – perspectives on benefits and challenges of FAIR assessments V2.0
This report provides a consolidated view of the answers collected during a survey conducted in...
Metadata Standards Directory Working Group Recommendations
The Metadata Standards Directory Working Group set out to develop a directory that would enable...
Persistent identifiers: Consolidated assertions
Experts from 47 European research infrastructure initiatives and ERICs have agreed on a set of...
PID Information Types (PIT) WG Recommendations
The working group on Persistent Identifier Information Types of the Research Data Alliance...
Principles and best practices in data versioning for all data sets big and small
The demand for better reproducibility of research results is growing. More and more data is...
RDA & CODATA Legal Interoperability Of Research Data: Principles And Implementation Guidelines
The CODATA-RDA Legal Interoperability Interest Group has stu-died the issues related to the...
RDA Common Descriptive Attributes of Research Data Repositories
RDA Data Usage Metrics WG Recommendations
This document outlines next steps and recommendations for widespread adoption of normalized data...
RDA DMP Common Standard for Machine-actionable Data Management Plans
The DMP Common Standards WG has developed an application profile that allows to express...
RDA National PID Strategies Guide and Checklist
The RDA National PID Strategies WG has produced a comparison guide and checklist that can be...
RDA Professionalising Data Stewardship - Current Models of Data Stewardship: Survey Report
This report presents the first analysis of the Models of Data Stewardship survey completed by...
RDA Professionalising Data Stewardship - Data Stewardship Landscape Initial Report
RDA Professionalising Data Stewardship - Models of Data Stewardship Survey Output Data
This dataset contains responses collected in the Models of Data Stewardship survey completed by...
RDA Research Data Collections WG Recommendations
This recommendation provides a comprehensive model for actionable collections and a technical...
RDA/TDWG Attribution Metadata Working Group: Final Recommendations
Research collections are an important tool for understanding the Earth, its systems, and human...
RDA/WDS Publishing Data Workflows WG Recommendations
Workflows that enable persistence, quality control and access are all crucial to enhance the...
Recommendation on PID Kernel Information
Global middleware infrastructure is insufficient for robust data identification, discovery, and...
Recommendations for a minimal metadata set to aid harmonised discovery of learning resources
As part of the Education And Training On Handling Of Research Data IG activities, the...
Repository Audit and Certification DSA–WDS Partnership WG Recommendations
The Catalogue of Common Procedures was developed by the DSA–WDS Partnership Working Group on...
Research Data Repository Interoperability Primer
This is the first deliverable of the RDRIWG, the Research Data Repository Interoperability...
Research Data Repository Interoperability WG Final Recommendations
The goal of the RDA Research Data Repository Interoperability WG (RDRIWG) was to achieve...
Results of an Analysis of Existing FAIR Assessment Tools
This document is a first output of the FAIR Data Maturity Model WG. This resulted in five slide...
Scalable Dynamic Data Citation Methodology
The aim of the Dynamic Data Citation Working Group was to devise a simple, scalable mechanism...
Scholix Metadata Schema for Exchange of Scholarly Communication Links
The Scholix framework together with the DLI aggregation are designed to enable other 3rd party...
Sharing COVID-19 Epidemiology Data
An immediate understanding of the COVID-19 disease epidemiology is crucial to slowing infections...
Summary of Virtual Layer Recommendations
This output describes a concept for establishing a comprehensive network of components for the...
Sustainable Business Models for Brokering Middleware to support Research Interoperability
The Brokering Governance Recommendation discusses the strengths and weakness of different...
The FAIRsharing Registry and Recommendations: Interlinking Standards, Databases and Data Policies
This document describes the outputs of a joint RDA-Force11 FAIRsharing WG: the FAIRsharing...
The final version of the RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and Guidelines for Data Sharing, published 30 June 2020
...The Global Open Research Commons International Model Report, Version 1
The Global Open Research Commons International Model, Version 1
Top 10 FAIR Data & Software Things
The Top 10 FAIR Data & Software Things are brief guides (stand alone, self paced training...
WDS/RDA Assessment of Data Fitness for Use WG Outputs and Recommendations
This statement describes the background, efforts and outputs of the WDS/RDA Assessment of Data...
Wheat Data Interoperability Recommendations
These recommendations have been prepared by members of the Wheat Data Interoperability Working...