When your research is complete and you are in the process of publishing your research output and research data. You publish the data for future reuse, for example for further research or educational purposes. The Hague University of Applied Sciences advises researchers to deposit their research data in DANS Data Stations. DANS is the national expertise centre for research data in the Netherlands. 

Data publishing

The public sharing of data of completed (parts of) research supports transparency and openness of research. You will meet any requirements of subsidy providers or publishers and you will respect codes of conduct and declarations. The impact of your research will be increased within and outside your specialisation and it benefits the visibility of you as a researcher. 

In essence, four things are important when sharing data: (1) place the reusable data in a data archive that uses (2) a metadata standard and (3) a persistent identifier and (4) licence the data. (1) is necessary for accessibility, (2) is necessary for exchangeability, (3) is necessary for (re)findability and citability and (4) is necessary to make actual reuse possible (and can also be used for exchangeability). 

DANS , the data archive recommended by The Hague University of Applied Sciences, offers all options. Metadata standard is discussed below in the Data Archiving section. In the following, we look at licensing and quoting. But first we will discuss the reasons for restricting data sharing. 

Data Archiving

If you have already applied good data management during your research, transferring your research data to an archive is not complicated. You make the final considerations about which data should or can be kept. You archive the research data that you were not able to publish in a public data archive. In addition to the data you archive project documents, informed consent or privacy-sensitive information.

Consortium

When cooperating with other institutions or organisations, it will be necessary to examine together which institutions archive which data and where, and whether and how the sharing of data is facilitated. These agreements must be included in the (joint) data management plan but also laid down in writing in a consortium agreement. Periodically check that all parties continue to observe the procedures that have been agreed upon.

Support by a Data Steward

Researchers can receive support in research data management. The research data steward(s) of THUAS can be contacted at [email protected].