New Preprint on Community-Driven RDM Standardization

Following the NFDI-RFC workshop held in March, a new preprint has been published in ing.grid. It introduces a transparent and collaborative framework for developing Research Data Management standards within the NFDI.

We are excited to share a newly published preprint presenting NFDI-RFC, a collaborative framework for creating Research Data Management (RDM) standards within the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI).

Building on the discussions from the NFDI-RFC workshop held in March, the publication presents a transparent and collaborative framework for specifying, discussing, and disseminating RDM practices, protocols, and guidelines.

Inspired by the Internet Engineering Task Force’s (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) process, NFDI-RFC supports the development of community-driven recommendations that can evolve into broadly adopted best practices and, where appropriate, formal standards.
The paper describes the motivation behind the service, its governance model, document classes and maturity stages, as well as the GitLab-based implementation that enables collaborative authoring, open community review, and transparent versioning. It also introduces the first draft documents, including authoring guidelines, style recommendations, and an errata policy.

The preprint has been published in ing.grid, NFDI4ING’s open publication platform for engineering research data management, digital engineering, and related topics.

Read the preprint: NFDI-RFC – A Community Driven Standardization Service for Research Data Management

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