The RDMS as a Solution

To make the most out of the functionalities of the RDMS we describe four activities:

• Storing Data
• First Time Users
• Team Drives
• Managing Projects

The RDMS is designed as an archiving solution. Data from completed research projects can be stored in final and immutable packages for long-term archiving purposes.

The RDMS can also be used for storage of scientific data that is not needed at the moment, but which will likely be useful in the (near) future by the same researcher as well as current or future researchers from the same team. Importantly, it should be emphasized that the RDMS is not meant for directly working on data.

Metadata can be summarized as 'data about the data'. In other words, metadata provides information about your data. For research data, this could be information about how, when, and by whom the data was acquired, as well as important experimental details, but also publication information if applicable. Metadata greatly increases the findability of data compared to alternative storage solutions within the university, such as X: and Y: drives, as the RDMS provides a powerful search that can also query for these metadata. Therefore, if a user wants to reuse data stored on the RDMS, including both own data or from team members if permissions are correct, metadata information can greatly simplify the process of both finding the desired data and providing important experimental details.