Archiving and preserving data
All research data from Relu projects should be made available for archiving.
Relu data are digitally archived at the UK Data
Archive and the Environmental Information Data Centre and made available for future research and
education purposes. Sharing data in this way is invaluable to advance scientific inquiry and
increase opportunities for learning and innovation. Discovery of archived Relu data and access
to them is provided via the Relu Knowledge Portal, as well as via catalogues of the data centres.
Data should be submitted to the UK Data Archive within
three months of the end of a project award, following the instructions provided.
After processing, data are archived at:
Data are ideally prepared for archiving and deposited by the researchers involved in
the research to avoid losing the knowledge of, and familiarity with, the data. To avoid lenghty preparations
at the end of a project, it is strongly recommended that:
- data managing and archiving is planned early on in a project
- data management is carried out throughout a project
- data are well described and documented during research
Otherwise two to three weeks should be costed into research projects to prepare and collate materials
for archiving at the end of research.
Archived Relu data and related publications can be explored and accessed via the Relu knowledge portal.
Attention needed
To facilitate effective data archiving at the end of a Relu project, particular attention needs to be paid to:
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