Table 3 Actor-specific rationalities,...

Table 3

Actor-specific rationalities, possible objectives and acceptable evidence in research data management

Actor	Possible objective	Acceptable evidence
Research services	Aligning funder requirements, research ethics and open science principles in the data management of research projects	DMPs, reports and other documents approved by funders; agreements; ethical statements and processes; compliance with open science policies
Legal services	Managing legality, data protection and IPR risks, and minimising legal risks in the processing and sharing of research data	Privacy notice, DPIA, agreements, access permits, legal conditions for data sharing and reuse
Library	Supporting data findability, documentation, description, sharing and reusability	DMP, metadata, README, repository selection, FAIR assessment, data citation and identifier practices
Research IT	Providing a secure, controlled and useable technical environment	Approved systems, access rights, information security practices, logs, backups, and sufficient storage, computing and distribution solutions
Researchers	Addressing research questions, scientific autonomy, appropriate use of data, possible sharing and academic merit	Reporting of methods, analyses and data processing; peer-reviewed publication; internally sufficient project documentation; where appropriate, open, controlled or request-based data sharing

Actor	Possible objective	Acceptable evidence
Research services	Aligning funder requirements, research ethics and open science principles in the data management of research projects	DMPs, reports and other documents approved by funders; agreements; ethical statements and processes; compliance with open science policies
Legal services	Managing legality, data protection and IPR risks, and minimising legal risks in the processing and sharing of research data	Privacy notice, DPIA, agreements, access permits, legal conditions for data sharing and reuse
Library	Supporting data findability, documentation, description, sharing and reusability	DMP, metadata, README, repository selection, FAIR assessment, data citation and identifier practices
Research IT	Providing a secure, controlled and useable technical environment	Approved systems, access rights, information security practices, logs, backups, and sufficient storage, computing and distribution solutions
Researchers	Addressing research questions, scientific autonomy, appropriate use of data, possible sharing and academic merit	Reporting of methods, analyses and data processing; peer-reviewed publication; internally sufficient project documentation; where appropriate, open, controlled or request-based data sharing

Note(s): DMP = data management plan; DPIA = data protection impact assessment; IPR = intellectual property rights; README = a file that provides essential information about a dataset or software; FAIR = findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable

Source(s): Author’s own work

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