UG/UMCG launched in 2018 a long-term project to develop a Research Data Management System (centralized and serviced by CIT) that is of use to researchers (UG and UMCG). The project team is working with researchers and uses their input to define needs and requirements.

The basis of the RDMS is iRODS and to enhance the functionalities of iRODS and to make the platform easily accessible we created the RDMS WebApp. With the RDMS WebApp it is possible to do simple data management, but it mainly written for other functionality:

• user management
• management of groups and projects
• create metadata templates
• easily append metadata to files and folders
• predefined workflows for scientific projects like usermanagement and archiving projectdata.

Since the beginning of 2022 the new Data Stewards of FSE started testing the RDMS. While we are still testing the different Windows clients for the RDMS, we are also now in the phase of contacting research groups from FSE and other faculties to coach them how to move data to the RDMS.

We are putting much work into assessing the needs of our users for data storage and archiving. And maybe to extend the RDMS with triggers for action to process data on a different platform or to automatically ingest data from a different source.

The RDMS will be further developed during its lifetime; we will extend the functionalities of the RDMS during the use of this platform.

Please mail us: rdms-support@rug.nl

This wiki tries to describe the functionalities of the RDMS, but is by no means exhaustive. We are working on a complete manual and this wiki will provide you with an oversight of the current functionalities.