In many stages of the research process, the generation, use and management of data plays an important role. Further information can be found below.
The long-term approach to research data and their accessibility form the basis of successful research data management. Various institutions, research funders and publishers therefore provide guidelines for the way research data should be handled:
The SHERPA/
A data management plan (DMP) organises the handling of research data and thus ensures their traceability during the project period and beyond. A DMP contains information on the collection, organization, documentation and storage of research data for your project.
DMPs help researchers to think through essential aspects of data management at an early stage, which pays off in the long run.
A DMP typically contains the following elements:
Data Management Plans and Research Funding in Germany:
DMPs are also often required when submitting a funding proposal, but these may vary in terms of specific requirements depending on the funding body (see below).
German funding institution | DMP requirements | DMP template? |
There is a general recommendation, but not a requirement. Requirements may be (and are) made on an individual program level. See DFG Guidelines on the Handling of Research Data (n.d.). | No | |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) | There are no general requirements. Requirements are made on a “per call” basis (some calls have requirements, others don't). See Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (n.d.). | No |
Volkswagen Stiftung | No | No |
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung | No | No |
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung | No | No |
CESSDA Training Team (2017 – 2022). CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide.
Bergen, Norway: CESSDA ERIC. Table retrieved from https://dmeg.cessda.eu/Data-Management-Expert-Guide/1.-Plan/European-diversity
And throughout Europe more broadly:
EU funding institution | DMP requirements | DMP template? |
Horizon2020 | At grant submission The DMP should include information on:
During the project The plan must be updated whenever significant changes arise, for instance (but not only) when there are:
See 'Guidelines on FAIR data management' (European Commission, 2016). | Yes, via DMPOnline (Digital Curation Centre, 2017) |
European Science Foundation | No | No |
European Research Council | No See 'Guidelines on the Implementation of Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in projects supported by the European Research Council under Horizon 2020' (European Research Council, 2017). | Template (European Research Council, n.d.) |
CESSDA Training Team (2017 – 2022). CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide.
Bergen, Norway: CESSDA ERIC. Retrieved from https://dmeg.cessda.eu/Data-Management-Expert-Guide/1.-Plan/European-diversity
Free web-based tools to assist you in creating a data management plan include:
These tools sometimes provide templates for specific subject areas and/
For more general checklists and guidelines, as well as collections of various sample DMPs check out the following:
There are also subject-specific checklists, samples and services available below:
Economics and Social Sciences
Humanities
Research data are published in institutional or specialist repositories. The Repository of Research Data Repositories (re3data) provides an overview of the landscape of research data repositories.
Specialist repositories are intended for the community of a specific subject – regardless of the institutional connection. Specialist repositories are, for example:
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The University Library of Mannheim can look back on many years of experience in digitisation and with the use of various text recognition software. With the help of machine text recognition (OCR), texts are automatically captured from digital images and in that way searchable and analysable data is generated. The Research Data Centre is happy to support researchers at the University of Mannheim along the entire workflow from digitisation to layout and text recognition as well as the post-training of specialised models all the way to structuring the data.
Programs or platforms for text/
Services
Instructions and materials on various OCR software can be found at:https://ocr-bw.bib.uni-mannheim.de/anwendung/druckwerke/
In the past, the UB Mannheim has already supported several projects and researchers of the university with OCR. Here you can find a small selection of projects:
If we can assist you or you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Similar to other publications, the publication of research data is the final step in the research process. Research data should not be published in a repository until the final version is available.
If you need a repository for “living” research data, you can use a service like bwSync&Share . There you can store data flexibly and online so that you can access it together with your colleagues.
MADATA is the research data repository of the University of Mannheim. It enables the researchers of the university to archive their data securely and to make it accessible as required.
MADATA services:
Die Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim bietet Forschenden der Universität Mannheim mit MAShare eine Plattform zur Erstellung und Präsentation digitaler Sammlungen und virtueller Ausstellungen. Über das Content-Management-System können digitale Objekte (Bilder, Texte, Videos) hochgeladen, importiert oder eingebettet werden. Die Beschreibung der Objekte mittels standardisierter Metadaten stellt die Durchsuchbarkeit der Sammlungen sicher.
Für die ansprechende Präsentation der Objekte stehen verschiedene Themes zur Verfügung. Über API können die Daten schließlich zur weiteren Verwendung im Sinne einer offenen und reproduzierbaren Wissenschaft angeboten werden.
Das FDZ übernimmt für Sie das Hosting und unterstützt Sie als Forschende der Universität gerne bei der Einrichtung Ihrer digitalen Sammlung.
Für die technische Umsetzung der digitalen Sammlungen wird das freie, quelloffene Content- Management-System OMEKA genutzt. Im Vergleich zu traditioneller institutioneller Repository-Software konzentriert sich OMEKA auf die Anzeige der einzelnen Objekte und verwendet dabei standardisierte Metadaten, zum Beispiel unqualifiziertes Dublin Core.
Beispiele von MAShare-Instanzen, die vom FDZ gehostet werden
The Aktienführer data archive contains yearly profiles of several thousand German companies listed on the stock exchange. The profiles include the most important key figures such as the company’s place of business, commercial activities, number of employees, shares, stockholder, information from the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement. The data is based on the publications “Hoppenstedt Aktienführer“ and “Saling’s Börsenpapiere“.
Access and use
The database may be used for research and teaching purposes. Institutions in Germany are granted access to the database via the Nationallizenzen (national licenses) infrastructure. Individual users may contact the RDC directly. You may access the available research data on site at the computers in the workspaces of the Mannheim University Library. The digitized resources of the RDC can be accessed without asking for permission. Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
To access the resource, please go to:
https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/aktienfuehrer
In a research project on legal history, the Mannheim University Library digitized the newspaper “Deutscher Reichsanzeiger und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger” published between 1819 and 1945. The publication contains official announcements, publications of the central commercial register and a stock exchange supplement. A full text search is available by processing the scans with OCR software.
Access and use
The digitized resources of the RDC can be accessed without asking for permission. Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
To access the resource, please go to:
https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/periodika/reichsanzeiger/
In a research project, the Mannheim University Library digitized several German directories of municipalities (Gemeindeverzeichnisse) from the period between 1880 and 1976. The publication contains historical population censuses and population surveys at municipal level from the German Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. A full text search is available by processing the scans with OCR software.
Access and use
The digitized resources of the RDC can be accessed without asking for permission. Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
To access the resource, please go to:
https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/gemeindeverzeichnisse/
The statistical yearbooks (Statistische Jahrbücher) of the German Reich, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic contain data on economy, population, social aspects and health from 1880 to 1990.
Access and use
The digitalized copies of the German statistical yearbooks can be used without asking for permission.
Further information can be found here: Public Domain Mark 1.0.
To access the resource, please go to:
https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/statistische-jahrbuecher/
MADATA is the research data repository of the University of Mannheim. It enables the researchers of the university to archive their data securely and to make it accessible as required. All entries in MADATA can be clearly cited via DOI and are listed in further research data directories such as datacite.org and da-ra.de.
Access and use
Usage is individually defined depending on the data set. Entries are only possible for researchers of the University of Mannheim.
To access the resource, please go to:
https://madata.bib.uni-mannheim.de/
The database contains all bankruptcy proceedings in the 15 most populated cities in the German Empire and comprises 55,197 bankruptcy proceedings in the period from 1879 until 1914. The database has detailed information on all debtors and bankruptcy administrators. The digitized complete edition of the Deutsche Reichsanzeiger und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger is the origin of the data. The database was created as part of a dissertation project in legal history by Christoph Kling at the Chair for Civil Law, Rhetoric and European Legal History (Prof. Dr. Ulrich Falk).
Access and use
The database is accessible to the public under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. The only condition is naming the source.
To access the resource, please go to:
https://digi.bib.uni-mannheim.de/periodika/konkursdatenbank/