RIS Synergy establishes the foundation for an Austrian research portal, on the one hand by implementing standardised interfaces between Austrian funding organisations and universities, and on the other hand by undertaking a concept study. In this concept study, we compile
The “Research Data” digitization cluster combines the three projects “RIS Synergy”, “FAIR Data Austria” and “Austrian DataLAB and Services” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, along with the tools and services for teaching, administration and research
Metadata and documentation of research data are key aspects of implementing the FAIR data principles. Metadata is information that describes an object and puts your research data into context. When used effectively, metadata help with (re)usability, discoverability, and storage of
On the 1st and 2nd of December 2021, the FAIR Data Austria team met for a virtual project meeting. In addition to numerous professional topics, the meeting also focused on social networking (with getting to know each other) and a
Similarly to the already institutionally anchored activities in the area of Open Access, Open Educational Resources (OER) are beginning to establish themselves at universities and are meeting increasing interest among university teachers, students and management levels. “Educational skills” are also grounded
At the invitation of the Policy Committee on Research, we presented the Research Data Cluster and its goals and tasks to the Vice Rectors of Research of all Austrian universities on 15 November 2021. This presentation included the three projects
The projects funded by the BMBWF for the “Digital and Social Transformation” call gave a status update as part of a workshop of the Policy Committee on Digitalization (uniko – Universities Austria). We presented RIS Synergy by means of a
You have heard of GitHub, or GitLab, but are not sure whether such git-based systems are suitable for you? Version Control Systems facilitate effective collaboration between people. Although these tools are mostly used in the field of Software Engineering, they
Whether it is changing values, new learning conditions or attitudes towards vaccination – since the outbreak of the pandemic, a large number of social science studies on COVID-19 and its social impact have been published at AUSSDA. In our webinar
You want to learn about the InvenioRDM project, join the community and deploy the repository solution at your institution? Join our webinar on 18. November 2021. We present the turn-key RDM repository platform InvenioRDM. The technical lead of InvenioRDM and
The interface for the exchange of financial project data for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) went live in July 2021. Until 30 September 2021, universities could transmit the 2020 annual project accounting data for §27 projects using the new interface
Join us on 19. October 2021 to learn how to implement the FAIR principles into your everyday research work. Following the FAIR principles, research objects should be findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable. These principles form the basis of a trusted environment