REFODAT Hands-on Workshop

Please note:

Since November 1, 2024, researchers at Thuringian universities have had access to a new service for the publication and long-term storage of their research data. The Repository for Research Data Thuringia (REFODAT for short) is a generic publication platform for data from all subject areas, especially for those for which no suitable subject-specific repository is available. The publication of research data is free of charge for all researchers at Thuringian universities.

In the first part of this workshop, we will give you an overview of how REFODAT works and take a closer look at the most important advantages and features. You will learn how to use the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) to prepare your research data for publication and make it findable and reusable via REFODAT.

In the second part of the workshop, we will demonstrate live how to create and publish a dataset in REFODAT. Participants can follow along live with provided practice datasets or with their own datasets.

Part 1:

• basics of research data management
• origin and features of REFODAT
• data publication according to the FAIR principles

Part 2:

We will demonstrate live in REFODAT how to create and publish a dataset and you can follow along.