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Byline: Tracey Caldwell

Research data dogged by secrecy and inconsistency

Tracey Caldwell

The Research Information Network (RIN) is calling for the creation of data quality and archiving standards after its survey of 100 researchers found inconsistency and poor practice in many areas of data handling.

RIN representative StA[c]phane Goldstein said: "There needs to be a concerted effort on the part of all interested parties to start to think whether and how a system might be developed for quality of data.

"To a large extent that hasn't happened. We need standards not just for publishing but also for re-use, manipulation and annotation. Journal articles are just a snapshot of research, whereas data can be much more dynamic."

The RIN's report, entitled Publication and Quality Assurance of Research Data Outputs, is backed by JISC and the Natural Environment Research Council.

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