Intern:Project data management

A curator, responsible for the data management in a research project, should keep the partners informed about the work package, commitments and responsible persons. The following hints may help:


 * Keep project members informed about the system, the data flow and the availability of the data.
 * Explain possible access right definitions and password protection.
 * Explain how proper citation and persistent identification of data is assured.
 * Avoid high-end project web pages.
 * Concentrate on data collection, technical quality, complete metainformation, import and availability.
 * Define a data policy in agreement with the partners.
 * Define the goals of the project data management: availability, long-term archiving, publication, compilations ...
 * Define a dynamic project specific list of parameters with unit on the project web pages.
 * Collect any metainformation related to the project: adress of institutions, scientists with email and phone number and provide dynamic lists through the project web pages.
 * Keep track on
 * Scientific community providing data, its structure, parameters, amount and date of delivery. Keep contact with the groups and ensure proper data flow and collection. Personal meetings might be better than email or phone.
 * Activities, e.g. expeditions, cruises; import sample or station lists when expedition report is available. First step is to archive metadata of events (labels, latitude/longitude, elevation, date/time etc).
 * Publications; provide a dynamic list of project related publications with links to data.
 * Existing data usefull to the project and import.
 * Assure consequent usage of event labels throughout the project!
 * List possible groups/PI with related data contributions on a web page and povide status of availability.
 * Give feedback to data contributors about the availability of their data; always ask for proof read.
 * Definition of the data flow should include
 * identification of existing and new data,
 * quality control and proof read,
 * formats for import,
 * information about citation and DOI,