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Discover how the RD-Alliance web platform provides useful tools, informative content, and a clear workflow to facilitate collaboration, communication, and support for RDA-related work. Join the RDA community, contribute, and stay updated on news and events.
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RDA 7th Plenary Newcomers Session29 February 2016, Tokyo, Japanrd-alliance.org: a short introduction@resdatall
The “why”… behind creating the rd-alliance webplatform was twofold: • Working Platform – to provide a set of tools to facilitate collaboration & exchange • Communication & promotion channel – to inform, communicate activities, highlight outputs& build synergies • Discover what can you do on it and how the website can support you in your RDA related work!
The “how” comes with a story, an evolution & a huge learning experience … Continuous effort – implement, manage & structure to answer the technical & usability requirements of a working platform and the content & “packaging” requirements of a communication channel – considering the various audiences – who are the people using the web platform • Useful tools • Informative content • Clear workflow
At its core... The vision & mission • RDA Vision: Researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society. • RDA Mission: The Research Data Alliance (RDA) builds the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing of data.
Built to support the RDA Guiding Principles Openness –Consensus– Balance – Community-driven – Non-profit • Information tool: Communicating with members & the larger audience • Collaboration tool & Member (user) generated content - To ease the work of the members & the collaboration within the groups • Encourage information sharing and generate discussion and debate through the Requests for community review & comments • Facilitate adoption of the RDA Outputs by publishing the group results & promoting uptake • Engage new community members • Updates News/Events/Announcements • Bring practice, research and policy closer together
What can you do? All users are encouraged to View & read Contribute Review & comment Share
Getting Started... There are several way in which you can play a part in RDA: • Registerto the website and become a member of the RDA community • Join the discussion and subscribe to the RDA Working and Interest Groups • Follow the proceedings of the Bi-annual Plenaries& answer the Open Calls & Contribute • Apply as an Early Career Researcher and Scientist working on Data to attend RDA Plenary meetings
Joining the groups - the working area Group menu: Allwikis, File repository, Mailinglistarchive Group Case Statement – Comment! Group File Repository: browsefiles, view & download View the latestgroupactivity Addcontent: Create Group event, Create WikiPage Join groupConferenceCalls! Mark groupevents on yourcalendar!
For Support… support@rd-alliance.org
europe.rd-alliance.org – us.rd-alliance.org Promoting the Reseach Data Alliancewhilefocusing on differentlocalactivities Encouragingregional participantionto RDA Ensuringsustanabilitythroughcontinualregionalcontributions Promotingadoption of the RDA outputsatregionallevel
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