PSDI Knowledge Base Topics

This topic collection provides an introduction to metadata and standards, and why they are important for research data. This topic collection also provides information about how PSDI uses metadata to manage and describe our resources, including the terminology used in PSDI; an overview of the PSDI metadata profiles available, vocabulary descriptions, and guidelines for using PSDI metadata.

This collection of topics provides guidance about selected resources provided by PSDI and how to use them.

This collection of topics provides an introduction to research data management, including a discussion of different research data types, how to identify your own research data, and creating a data inventory. Guidance is provided on the different stages of the research data lifecycle and the benefits of data management planning, and the role of the Data Management Plan (DMP) together with an example DMP for physical scientists. This section also includes topics on best practices for managing data when working with others, and where you can get additional help with managing your research data.

This collection of topics provides guidance on good practices for sharing your research data. This section introduces the FAIR principles and their importance, and provides step by step guidance on what is needed to make your research data and related outputs such as code and methods findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable, whether or not you share them publicly. Guidance is given on choosing and writing licenses for your data, creating a data package to share or archive, and considerations for choosing a repository.