Concerns over data quality impede the use of public biodiversity databases and subsequent
benefits to society. Data publication could follow the well-established publication process …

Data occupy a key role in our information society. However, although the amount of
published data continues to grow and terms such as data deluge and big data today …

Researchers require infrastructures that ensure a maximum of accessibility, stability and
reliability to facilitate working with and sharing of research data. Such infrastructures are …

This paper analyzes the new learning and network collaboration paradigms, their motivation
and consequences. The origins of these practices are traced to the development of the …

The author introduces a set of integrated developments in Web application software,
networking, data citation standards, and statistical methods designed to increase scholarly …

In this paper we discuss the design and implementation of voiD, the “Vocabulary Of
Interlinked Datasets”, a vocabulary that allows to formally describe linked RDF datasets. We …

Despite policies and calls for scientists to make data available, this is not happening for most
environmental-and biodiversity-related data because scientists' concerns about these efforts …

Research data publishing is intended as the release of research data to make it possible for
practitioners to (re) use them according to “open science” dynamics. There are three main …

The importance of effective research data management (RDM) strategies to support the
generation of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) neuroscience data …

Much attention has been given to the challenges of handling massive data volumes in
modern data-intensive science. This paper examines an equally daunting challenge–the …