Shaping Open Science and data management: an interview with Joke Bakker | Contact | Digital Competence Centre | University of Groningen

"We started with a very simple data repository in a web-hosted TikiWiki environment, which worked well enough because archives were not that large at the time. However, with the increasing size of research datasets due to improved data collection and processing techniques, such as real-time video recording, this was not a viable option in the long term. So I discussed the options with the CIT and, with the help of Alex Pothaar, we were able to start a small pilot of an iRODS-based storage system, which eventually led to the current Research Data Management System (RDMS), which is certainly a milestone.

Another important milestone is the recent agreements on open access publishing and open science that the scientific community has committed to. This has brought data management into the focus of funding agencies and major publishers, who now require compliance with these policies. This helps a lot in upholding local data management procedures...."