Overview of RDA UK Node Engagement and Activities
The RDA UK Node, funded through the RDA Europe 4 project, aims to maximize the value of UK contributions to the Research Data Alliance (RDA). It comprises various UK organizations and individuals engaged in RDA activities, liaising with EOSC projects and contributing to RDA Council and Foundation. The UK's involvement in RDA working groups and its significant membership numbers showcase its active role in advancing research data practices globally.
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The RDA UK Node The RDA UK Node WWW.RD-ALLIANCE.ORG - @RESDATALL CC BY-SA 4.0
What is the RDA UK node? At one level an activity which is: Funded through the RDA Europe 4 project Led jointly by Jisc & UKRI-STFC Goal of maximising value of UK to RDA and vice versa At another it is the sum of its members people and organisations in UK engaged in RDA More about RDA Europe later today More about what we want from RDA UK in the discussion HTTPS://RD-ALLIANCE.ORG/ - HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/RESDATALL
UK special features Liaison with EOSC projects: STFC coordinates EOSCpilot and FREYA STFC participates in EOSC-Secretariat and FAIRsFAIR Many other UK orgs with roles in these and EOSC Cluster projects UK has many RDA members and leadership of several Groups Relationship with RDA Council and Foundation RDA Foundation is in UK Participation in Council though OAB co-chairing Admin support to Secretary General (Hopefully) will host plenary in future (maybe in 2.5 years) 19/09/2024 WWW.RD-ALLIANCE.ORG - @RESDATALL CC BY-SA 4.0
Some UK numbers 722 members (Dec 2018) Second largest after USA c.f. 531 in Germany 40 attendees at IDW 2018 (Gabarone, Botswana) 67 attendees at RDA Plenary 11 (Berlin) HTTPS://RD-ALLIANCE.ORG/ - HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/RESDATALL
Attendees at Berlin Plenary (March 2018) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Germany United States United Kingdom France Netherlands Italy Australia Norway Japan Belgium 19/09/2024 WWW.RD-ALLIANCE.ORG - @RESDATALL
Attendees at all Plenaries United States Germany 200 (March 2018) United Kingdom Japan France Netherlands Canada Italy Australia Finland Ireland {Republic} Spain 100 87 79 77 67 58 40 35 29 28 0 0 P1 P2 P3 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 19/09/2024 WWW.RD-ALLIANCE.ORG - @RESDATALL
UK engagement in working groups Represented in 89 working/interest groups(88%) 7 groups where UK membership > 20% Development of cloud computing capacity & education FAIRsharing registry Archives & Record professionas for research data Data Description Registry Interoperability RDA/WDS Data Publishing IG Data in Context RDA/CODATA summer schools in developing world 49 more where UK make up between 10% & 20% of members HTTPS://RD-ALLIANCE.ORG/ - HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/RESDATALL
And more Representation on all governing bodies at present (OAB, TAB, Council) Founding European node engagement in European project from outset Adoption grants, ECR grants, expert grants In summary we re doing a lot. We can do more and benefit more HTTPS://RD-ALLIANCE.ORG/ - HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/RESDATALL
Potential activities for RDA UK Events in person and online Greater synergy for UK activity Engagement with broader range of UK funders Support and highlight adoption of RDA work in UK research Linking role to EOSC activity Initiation of groups that address issues that affect UK research Broader engagement with other European nodes (and elsewhere?) Greater involvement from UK organisations HTTPS://RD-ALLIANCE.ORG/ - HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/RESDATALL
