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<p>*Apologies for cross-posting*<br>
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<p>Dear colleagues,</p>
<p>re3data is a global registry currently indexing more than 3100
research data repositories from all disciplines (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.re3data.org/">https://www.re3data.org/</a>).
The re3data Metadata Schema is designed to describe research data
repositories in terms of their general scope, content and
infrastructure, as well as their compliance with technical,
metadata and quality standards. The core descriptions of research
data repositories in re3data are valuable to various stakeholder
groups and communities, making it a central service in the Open
Science landscape.<br>
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The repository descriptions are based on the re3data Metadata
Schema. More than 10 years of conceptual work have gone into this
schema, which has been continually adapted as the repository
landscape and the requirements and expectations for a registry of
research data repositories have shifted.<br>
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The current version 3.1 of the re3data Metadata Schema was
released in 2021 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.re3data.org/schema">https://www.re3data.org/schema</a>).
Within the ongoing project re3data COREF, we will again revise the
re3data Metadata Schema to release version 4.0 (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://coref.project.re3data.org/">https://coref.project.re3data.org/</a>).<br>
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<b>We invite you to participate in the Request for Comments for
version 4.0 of the re3data Metadata Schema by commenting on our
draft until May 31st, 2023: </b><br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z03lOc4OwiJOCZhWcPpKDPBTpRnISe4Rh8HYoom1JXc/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z03lOc4OwiJOCZhWcPpKDPBTpRnISe4Rh8HYoom1JXc/edit?usp=sharing</a></b><br>
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<p>Properties that have been significantly changed or were added
with this draft are highlighted in the document, we particularly
welcome comments on these properties.</p>
<p>In addition to some minor changes, version 4.0 introduces four
major changes:<br>
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<ul>
<li>relatedRepository: The new property relatedRepository offers
the option to describe relationships between repositories.
Currently, these relationships are restricted to referencing the
repository that took over custody of (parts of) the collection
after the repository described by the entry was closed.</li>
<li>fundingInformation: With the new property fundingInformation,
information on repository funding can be expressed, including
funder names and funder identifiers.</li>
<li>qualityManagementMeasure: The new property
qualityManagementMeasure introduces the opportunity to index
specific quality assurance measures the repository implemented.</li>
<li>contentType: The controlled vocabulary for indexing content
types will be switched to the COAR Resource Types 3.1 (dataset
with subtypes [1]; image with subtypes ; software with subtypes
[3] ; text without subtypes [4]). This will make it easier to
identify whether a repository only stores data, or also text and
software.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Your comments are highly appreciated and will be discussed and
considered for the final version 4.0 of the re3data Metadata
Schema.</p>
<p>Please feel free to share this message with whom it may concern.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
The re3data team<br>
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<p>[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/">https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/</a></p>
<p>[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_c513/">https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_c513/</a></p>
<p>[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_5ce6/">https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_5ce6/</a></p>
<p>[4] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/">https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_18cf/</a></p>
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Nina Weisweiler
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft / Helmholtz Association
Helmholtz Open Science Office | Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC)
Tel: + 49 (0) 331-288 28989
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