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Joachim thanks very much for these really useful and sensible changes. On very similar topics, thanks also to Joan Starr for flagging up her recent paper with colleagues, at peerj.com/preprints/697.pdf <https://peerj.com/preprints/697.pdf> That comes out of work with the Force11 group to operationalise the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles, and is very relevant to our checklist. Best, Angus On 10/02/2015 10:48, Wackerow, Joachim wrote: > > Dear Angus, > > Thanks for the possibility. > > Overall it looks pretty good. > > I have some comments regarding the section “4. Will the repository > sustain the data’s value?”, Discovery, Integration & Interoperability > > Basic level / Domain & contextual metadata > > Suggested addition: ... metadata can be deposited with the collection > as an XML file (like a DDI [http://www.ddialliance.org/] XML file). > > Extensive level / Discovery metadata > > Suggested addition: the landing page for a data collection uses Linked > Open Data standards (like The RDF Data Cube > Vocabulary[http://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-data-cube/] or DDI-RDF Discovery > Vocabulary [http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/RDF/Discovery]) > to make metadata machine readable. > > Extensive level / Domain & contextual metadata > > Suggested addition: Machine-readable metadata in open standards could > support processing and analyzing of open data. > > In general: Linking of discovery metadata and domain & contextual > metadata would support purely machine-based discovery and processing. > The linking could be possibly bi-directional. > > Cheers, > > Joachim > > -- > > GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences > > Department: Monitoring Society and Social Change > > Team: Social Science Metadata Standards > > Visiting address: B2 1, 68159 Mannheim, Germany > > Postal address: P.O. Box 122155, 68072 Mannheim, Germany > > Phone: +49 (0)621 1246 262 > > Fax: +49 (0)621 1246 100 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > www.gesis.org <http://www.gesis.org/> > > *From:*Research Data Management discussion list > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Angus Whyte > *Sent:* Dienstag, 10. Februar 2015 11:05 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Please comment on our new draft guide 'where to keep your data' > > > DCC has a new draft checklist for Evaluating Data Repositories titled > " Where to keep your data: key considerations". > > This builds on previous work by the PREPARDE project and comments from > colleagues, and we're now opening it up for wider comment. So we would > love to hear what you think of it. Can you help us shorten or > otherwise improve it? Let us know please by Feb 24 at > http://bit.ly/where2keep > > Thanks, > > -- > Dr Angus Whyte > Senior Institutional Support Officer > Digital Curation Centre > University of Edinburgh > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -- Dr Angus Whyte Senior Institutional Support Officer Digital Curation Centre University of Edinburgh Crichton St, Edinburgh EH8 9LE +44-131-650-9980 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.