The RDMS as a solution

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

• securing data
• working in a team
• managing projects

It should be emphasized that the RDMS is not meant for directly working on the data. It is an archiving storage solution and the use of the RDMS is a way to aggregate scientific data of a group for the mid-term storage phase of the data life cycle.

For example, a team drive can be used as the place where the collaborators of a research group put all their scientific results associated with a research project. From here, the data can be enriched by metadata and then at some point stored as a fixed data package in the RDMS for long-term storage.

Also the RDMS can be used as a storage point for scientific data that is not needed at the moment, but which will likely be useful for current or future researchers within the same team. Again by adding metadata to the data objects, findability is increased compared to current storage solutions (e.g., Y: drive). If the users at a later stage want to again retrieve data stored on the RDMS, the metadata information can greatly simplify the process of both finding the desired data and providing important experimental details.