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Types of data that can be shared
- Primary / raw data
- Microdata
- Aggregate data
- Metadata (e.g. semantic metadata, metadata about collections)
Collaboration tools and software
General-purpose collaboration tools
- B2DROP
- Open Science Framework (OSF)
- SciFlow
- SharePoint
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Git Large File Storage
- git-annex
- DataLad
Discipline-specific collaboration tools
Benefits of sharing your research data (1)
- Make your research transparent and thus increase trust in science.
- Be the first of claiming an idea, providing data to support it and get feedback.
- Increase the speed of discovery and the knowledge creation process.
- Internationalize your research and be inclusive.
Further resources
- Sielemann, K., Hafner, A., & Pucker, B. (2020). The reuse of public datasets in the life sciences: potential risks and rewards. In PeerJ (Vol. 8, p. e9954). PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9954
- Soiland-Reyes, S., Sefton, P., Crosas, M., Castro, L. J., Coppens, F., Fernández, J. M., Garijo, D., Grüning, B., La Rosa, M., Leo, S., Ó Carragáin, E., Portier, M., Trisovic, A., RO-Crate Community, Groth, P., & Goble, C. (2022). Packaging research artefacts with RO-Crate. In S. Peroni (Ed.), Data Science (Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 97–138). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/ds-210053
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If you have any further questions about the management and analysis of your microbial research data, please contact us: helpdesk@nfdi4microbiota.de (by emailing us you agree to the privacy policy on our website: Contact)