RDA 7 th Plenary Newcomers Session 29 February 2016, Tokyo, Japan rd-alliance.org: a short

2 rd-alliance.org: the why & the how

3 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!

4 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

5 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.

6 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

7 What can you do? All users are encouraged to View & read Review & comment Contribute Share

8 Getting Started... There are several way in which you can play a part in RDA:  Register to 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

9 Joining the groups - the working area Group menu: All wikis, File repository, Mailinglist archive ! Group Case Statement – Comment! Group File Repository: browse files, view & download Add content: Create Group event, Create Wiki Page ! Join group Conference Calls! Mark group events on your calendar!

10 For Support…

11 europe.rd-alliance.org – us.rd-alliance.org Encouraging regional participantion to RDA Ensuring sustanability through continual regional contributions Promoting adoption of the RDA outputs at regional level Promoting the Reseach Data Alliance while focusing on different local activities

12 Sneak Preview!

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