Ingest (or Dispose)
Tips & Checklists
- For data provision by researchers, an appropriate contract is recommended. Here are examples in the form of sample contracts:
- Contract for archiving and provision of research data (provision contract) as well as the Contract for the inclusion of research data in the RDC eLabour for archiving and scientific re-use RDC eLabour [German]
- Data Provision Contract [German] – Data Center at IQB
- Service Contract Archiving PLUS – Data Archive at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences [German]
- A sample contract for data ingest in Research Data Centres (RDCs): Contract sample Data Ingest KonsortSWD (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7648897)
[German]
- In the context of data transfer, the anonymity of research data plays a significant legal role. Data anonymity can be categorized into absolute anonymity, factual anonymity, and formal anonymity. You can find more information in the corresponding article on legal information.
- The degree of data anonymization may also depend on the access pathway. You can find relevant information under Access & Reuse.
- To make the data preparation effort transparent, you can provide third parties with appropriate process information, such as, for example, guidelines for data processing, data preparation etc.
- How are the data transferred?
- Are these sensitive data that require special data transfer procedures?
- Have the rights and obligations between the participating researchers and research data center staff been clarified?
- Is there a transfer agreement in place?
- Are there internal institutional guidelines for transfer documentation and/or error handling?
[Adapted from: Ludwig, Jens; Enke, Harry (Eds.) (2013): Guide to Research Data Management. Guidelines from the WissGrid Project. Glückstadt: VWH Verlag Werner Hülsbusch Publisher for Media Technology and Business.]