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Organising research data

You want to store your research data in a structured way for later use in the working group or in preparation for a publication. On these pages we will show you how to use a data management plan to describe how to handle and organise your data. We will also show you where you can archive your research data to meet the requirements of funding organisations. We also provide a list of points of contact at the university for further information.

Data management plan

A data management plan (DMP) is a tool that helps to describe what you will do with your data during and after a project. Starting from the project idea, through data collection to the publication and archiving of the data, agreements and plans for handling the data are included.

Help with creating a DMP

A description of how to create and manage a data management plan.

RDMO

This link takes you directly to the RDMO tool for creating and management DMPs. You need to be logged in to the University network to use it.

[Translate to Englisch:] Datenmanagementplan

Organising data

Effective and secure handling of data requires the creation and use of clear structures for organising your data. Effective data organisation includes systematic folder structures, defining a uniform format for folder and file names, as well as suitable storage locations.

Meaningful naming components are, for example:

  • Title, with statement on content
  • Abbreviation of the person responsible for the file
  • Date in the format YYMMDD
  • Version number (e.g. "v02")

Example of a file name: <YYMMDD_TitleMeasurement_Series_Editor_Version>.

Useful links

Exchange, storage and long-term archiving of data

Rostock University's ITMZ and the library offer different options for storing and publishing your data.

Home directory

On the public Windows systems of the University of Rostock (PC pools, application server Uniapps, etc.) you will automatically find your personal home directory as drive R:. We strongly recommend saving your data on the home directory on these systems. You can obtain more information from the IT and Media Centre.

Project drives

The University of Rostock provides project drives on request. They are used to store project-related data and for joint use by several staff members. More information is available from the IT and Media Centre.

SharePoint

Knowledge and data of a working group or even across working groups can be collected and managed using the University’s SharePoint. Information on how to use SharePoint can be found on the IT and Media Centre’s website.

Unibox

With the "Unibox" service, it is possible to synchronise and store data between (external) users, desktop computers and mobile devices. Data can be accessed via web browser, desktop application or mobile clients. Each user has 20 GB of storage space available for this service. More information is available on the IT and Media Centre’s website.

Long-term archiving

For the long-term archiving of your data and applications, the IT department and the library offer application-specific solutions.

If project data is to be stored for a period of 10 years for the project sponsor and for subsequent scientific use, the IT and Media Centre offers corresponding storage options.

MIf you would like to make your data publicly accessible or publish it, you can do so, for example, on the library's document server RosDok.

For individual solutions, please contact us!

Points of contact at the University

Topic

Assistance and contact person

Applying for a project

Service Centre Projects (S1)

Provision of necessary software

IT and Media Centre software offers

Legal advice/ethics advice

University’s data protection officer

Provision of necessary computing capacity

IT and Media Centre’s High Performance Compute Cluster

DOI allocation

Rostock University Library DOI

Record in the research information system

Research database

Contact

Max Schröder

Max Schröder


Tel.: +49 381 498-8693

  • Design, implementation and operation of research data management services
  • Guidance and support for research data management and related services
  • Standardised descriptions of research processes, research data management and virtual research environments