OAI12 Session 2
Digital research data in the era of EOSC and FAIR
Chaired by Elena Giglia and Frank Manista
Data produced by public funds must be openly accessible and reusable: the European Open Science Cloud is the virtual environment in which researchers, innovators, service providers meet and create innovation for the benefit of society at large. FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data is the pillar of the European Open Science Cloud.
The COVID pandemic made clear the importance of Research Data sharing, in a fast and open way; fast data sharing enables discovery and can save lives . As data is the foundation of sound research, the crisis of reproducibility, although complex and thorny, can and will be overcome by virtue of encouraging and enabling researchers to share their RD in a FAIR way, as the Research Data pilot for Horizon 2020 underscored and Horizon Europe will reinforce.
By “data” we mean all materials and assets scholars collect, generate and use during all stages of the research cycle, in every discipline
In this session we will aim to take a snapshot of what is happening around the issue of FAIR research data and their implementation according to disciplinary specificities. We will also explore the landscape for how things can be improved to support the sharing and re-use of data within the open research ecosystem and the European Open Science Cloud. As with open publishing, external factors include the rise of open access, a global pandemic, available tools and infrastructures, local research funding, and researcher assessment mechanisms, as well as rewarding.
FAIR data management and data sharing imply changing some practices in the everyday workflow.
