Supporting public procurement in Europe - 4 RDA Recommendations for open data sharing now published as ICT Technical specifications | RDA

The first wave of 4 RDA Recommendations have now been officially acknowledged as ICT Technical Specifications and published for referencing in public procurement as per Article 13 of Regulation 1025/2012 on European Standardisation https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/digital-transformation/ict-standard...

The 4 RDA recommendations published today are key building blocks for an interoperable research data environment:

• The Basic Vocabulary of Foundational Terminology and Query Tool Recommendation - produced by the Data Foundation and Terminology WG, ensures that researchers use a common terminology when referring to data.
• The Data Type Model and Registry - published by the Data Type Registries WG provides machine-readable and researcher-accessible registries of data types and a common data model to be applied for making data accessible and accurately re-usable
• The Persistent Identifier Type Registry produced by the PID Information Types WG, a conceptual model for structuring typed information to better identify PIDs, common interface for access to this information.

• The Machine Actionable Policy Templates produced by the Practical Policy WG, can be used to enforce data management, automate administrative tasks, validate assessment criteria, and automate scientific analyses. It builds the trust needed to foster data sharing.