Detailed description of the service 

Requirements for research data management are diverse and early planning is important to ensure high quality and FAIR research data at the end of a project. The Research Data Management Organiser (RDMO) supports this planning process and documents RDM measures for reporting or collaboration during the project. The service is particularly interesting for researchers in preparation for a grant application, since funder requirements on research data management have increased in recent years. For large collaborations or institutions, it provides collaboration features and a rights and role management that data stewards or similar roles can utilize to maintain an overview on the research data at all times.

The NFDI4ING RDMO service provides two questionnaires, in RDMO called “catalogs”, for different purposes: The NFDI4ING template is for general planning of research data management measures for all kinds of research data and methods. It is based on the DFG checklist for research data management and offers specific guidance and examples for researchers in engineering sciences. It can be used regardless of whether you are applying for DFG funding or just want to generally plan your data management. The second one focusses on research software and offers help to plan the development and maintenance. Different application classes for small scripts up to community-based software packages determine the respective scope of the questionnaire according to the researchers needs.

RDMO allows to invite other users to projects to collaborate and to version projects as snapshots. After completing the interview, the data management plan can be exported in different formats, e.g. to be further processed for your grant application or sharing and publication. For advanced users, automatization and scripting is possible by utilizing the RDMO API.