Understanding Your Place in the Research Data Ecosystem

The NIST Research Data Framework (RDaF) and open science are aligned in prioritizing transparency in research. The RDaF emphasizes open access to data, ensuring its availability for verification and collaboration. Both aim to enhance reproducibility by providing detailed documentation and methodologies alongside datasets. The NIST RDaF encourages interoperability, aligning with open science’s goal of creating a seamless, interconnected research landscape. Overall, the alignment underscores a shared commitment to fostering a collaborative and accessible scientific community. The RDaF as a tool offers a comprehensive overview of the research data ecosystem - including open data and science - presenting a structured approach to RDM. Developed collaboratively, this framework outlines key topics and subtopics across the research data lifecycle, covering programmatic and operational aspects as well as fundamental RDM principles. This session will demonstrate how the RDaF can be a transformative tool for organizations and research professionals, enabling them to assess and enhance their RDM practices in line with industry best practices. Discover the transformative potential of the RDaF in revolutionizing RDM within all scientific disciplines.