Finding better ways to connect research data with scientific literature

"While data has always been a fundamental part of scholarly research, its recognition as an essential part of research communication has gained a lot of traction in recent years – with many now arguing that research data should be considered a “first class citizen” of research output alongside literature publications. This development is fueled by technological progress – cheap data storage and a proliferation of tools that help researchers to acquire, analyze, and share data – as well as social factors such as mandates from funding bodies to make research data sets openly available.

At the same time, we know that “just making the data available” is not going to cut it.  In order to realize the true potential of research data, we need dependable solutions so that data can be stored, shared and trusted."