Supporting FAIR data: categorization of research data as a tool in data management

• Jessica Parland-von Essen University of Helsinki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4460-3906
• Katja Fält Tampere University of Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6172-5377
• Zubair Maalick CSC - IT Center for Science https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-1471
• Miika Alonen Aalto University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-0017
• Eduardo Gonzalez CSC - IT Center for Science https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-0995

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23978/inf.77419

Abstrakti

The demand for implementation of the FAIR data principles is in many cases difficult for a researcher to adhere to in efficient ways due to lacking tools. We suggest categorizing data in a more extensive and systematic way with focus on the inherent properties of the data as means to enhancing research data services. After discussing different approaches to categorizing data, we propose a tripartite research data categorization based around the inherent aspect of stability. The three research data types are operational data, generic research data and research data publications. Generic research data is validated data and can be cumulative, i.e. data can be added without versioning, however if it is dynamic it should be versioned. Generic research data should be separated from immutable dataset publications that are published for reasons of reproducibility of specific research results.

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