It has been a busy start to 2025 for RDA Groups!
There are 6 new Groups and 1 new Recommendation currently open for Community Review.
We need your feedback! The RDA calls on its community to review the following Group Statements of Work and Recommendations.
Learn more about the new Groups and Recommendations & Outputs and have your say at the links below.
New Groups
GORC International Implementations Working Group (GORC II WG)
Supported by the RDA TIGER project, The Global Open Research Commons International Implementations Working Group (GORC II WG) will enhance and maintain the recommendations and outputs from the GORC International Model WG (GORC IM WG).
Community review open until February 10, 2025. Leave your feedback.
Data Steward Career Tracks Working Group
The Data Steward Career Tracks Working Group aims to develop a methodology for creating data steward personas as well as a sample set of data steward personas that are linked into a sample career track.
Community review open until February 11, 2025. Leave your feedback.
National Data Services Interest Group
The RDA is the natural venue to enable National Data Services to meet, learn from mutual challenges and exchange ideas about aims, organisation and practices. This Interest Group is being renewed to provide a much needed forum for NDS-specific discussions.
Community review open until February 18, 2025. Leave your feedback.
Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools II (MaLDReTH II) Working Group
The MaLDReTH II Working Group aims to advance and sustain the digital research tools landscape mapping initiative established by its predecessor.
Community review open until February 18, 2025. Leave your feedback
Research Data Policy Interest Group (previously named Data Policy Standardisation and Implementation IG)
The Research Data Policy IG (formerly the Data Policy Standardisation and Implementation IG) has been renamed and will focus on providing a forum where RDA members can share, collaborate, connect and gain feedback on initiatives related to research data policy.
Community Review open until February 24, 2025
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences Data Community of Practice
The Earth, Space and Environmental science (ESES) community is focused on improving data and software management and sharing practices that result in community informatics resources that support researchers. This Community of Practice (CoP) will provide a place for individuals, teams and organisations in the ESES ecosystem to coordinate.
Community Review open until March 10, 2025
New Recommendations and Outputs
Complex Citations Working Group Recommendation
The RDA Complex Citation Working Group addresses the challenge of citing large numbers of digital objects in scholarly communication by proposing a new approach called Complex Citation Objects (CCOs). This recommendation provides a framework for transparent research, ensuring proper attribution to creators of research data, physical samples, and other digital objects.
Community Review open until February 10th, 2025. Leave your feedback