Visualizing Research Data Records for their Better Management

Alexander Ball, Mansur Darlington, Thomas J. Howard, Chris McMahon, Steve Culley

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    Abstract

    As academia in general, and research funders in particular, place ever greater importance on data as an output of
    research, so the value of good research data management practices becomes ever more apparent. In response to this,
    the Innovative Design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC) at the University of Bath, UK, with funding from the
    JISC, ran a project to draw up a data management planning regime. In carrying out this task, the ERIM (Engineering
    Research Information Management) Project devised a visual method of mapping out the data records produced in the
    course of research, along with the associations between them. This method, called Research Activity Information
    Development (RAID) Modelling, is based on the Unified Modelling Language (UML) for portability. It is offered to the wider
    research community as an intuitive way for researchers both to keep track of their own data and to communicate this
    understanding to others who may wish to validate the findings or re-use the data.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Digital Information
    Volume13
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)83-93
    Number of pages9
    ISSN1368-7506
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

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