Goals & OutcomesGoal of RDA Working Groups: RDA Working Groups should tangibly accelerate progress in concrete ways for specific communities with the overarching goal of increasing data-driven innovation. RDA Working Group (WG) efforts are intended to promote data sharing and exchange, interoperability, data use and re-use, data discoverability and analysis, data stewardship and preservation, and best practice for substantive communities.Working Group Outcomes: Working group outcomes or “deliverables” should facilitate tangible progress towards innovation for a significant cohort within the international data community. There are many ways to make progress and Working Group outcomes / deliverables may come in a variety of forms including ...Research Data AllianceRDA_f39060e3-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef1The current global research data landscape is highly fragmented, by disciplines or by domains, from oceanography, life sciences and health, to agriculture, space and climate. When it comes to cross-disciplinary activities, the notions of "building blocks" of common data infrastructures and building specific "data bridges" are becoming accepted metaphors for approaching the data complexity and enable data sharing. The Research Data Alliance enables data to be shared across barriers through focused Working Groups and Interest Groups, formed of experts from around the world – from academia, industry and government. Participation in RDA is open to anyone who agrees to its guiding principles of openness, consensus, balance, harmonisation, with a community driven and non-profit approach. It was started in 2013 by a core group of interested agencies – the European Commission, the US National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Australian Government’s Department of Innovation. Other agencies, countries, companies, associations and institutes are due to join. RDA also has a broad, committed membership of individuals – now 1600 from 70+ countries since RDA was launched in March 2013 - dedicated to improving data exchange.ScientistsParticipation in the RDA is open to anyone who agrees to the RDA principles. Scientists come together through focussed Working Groups, exploratory Interest Groups to exchange knowledge, share discoveries, discuss barriers and potential solutions, explore and define policies and test as well as harmonise standards to enhance and facilitate global data sharing. Coupled with this RDA boasts a broad, committed membership of individuals and organiszations dedicated to improving data exchange. What data sharing problem are you trying to solve? Get involved by becoming an RDA Member and signing up to the Working / Interest Group(s).ResearchersRDA Working GroupsIn addition to the shorter-term, outcome-oriented focus of the RDA Working Groups described herein, critical longer-term R&D efforts, supported by Government sponsors, the Private Sector, and others, must continue to promote innovation and discovery. The Research Data Alliance Working Group process is meant to complement those efforts in the short-term by removing existing roadblocks, and accelerating forward progress for working scientists and researchers.Brokering Governance Working GroupData Citation WG Working GroupData Description Registry Interoperability Working GroupData Foundation and Terminology WG Working GroupData Type Registries WG Working GroupMetadata Standards Directory Working Group Working GroupPID Information Types WG Working GroupPractical Policy WG Working GroupRDA/CODATA Summer Schools in Data Science and Cloud Computing in the Developing World Working GroupRDA/WDS Publishing Data Bibliometrics WG Working GroupRDA/WDS Publishing Data Workflows WG Working GroupRDA/WDS Publishing Services WG Working GroupRepository Audit and Certification IG DSA–WDS Partnership WG Working GroupStandardisation of Data Categories and Codes WG Working GroupUrban Quality of Life Indicators Working GroupWheat Data Interoperability Working GroupAgricultural Data Interoperability Interest GroupBig Data Analytics Interest GroupBiodiversity Data Integration Interest GroupBrokering Interest GroupCommunity Capability Model Interest GroupData Fabric Interest GroupData for Development Interest GroupData in Context Interest GroupDefining Urban Data Exchange for Science Interest GroupDevelopment of cloud computing capacity and education in developing world research Interest GroupDigital Practices in History and Ethnography Interest GroupDomain Repositories Interest GroupEducation and Training on handling of research data Interest GroupELIXIR Bridging Force Interest GroupEngagement Interest GroupEthics and Social Aspects of Data Interest GroupFederated Identity Management Interest GroupGeospatial Interest GroupLong tail of research data Interest GroupMarine Data Harmonization Interest GroupMetabolomics Interest GroupMetadata Interest GroupPID Interest GroupPreservation e-Infrastructure Interest GroupRDA/CODATA Legal Interoperability Interest GroupRDA/CODATA Materials Data, Infrastructure & Interoperability Interest GroupRDA/WDS Certification of Digital Repositories Interest GroupRDA/WDS Publishing Data Cost Recovery for Data Centers Interest GroupRDA/WDS Publishing Data IG Interest GroupResearch data needs of the Photon and Neutron Science community Interest GroupResearch Data Provenance Interest GroupService Management Interest GroupStructural Biology Interest GroupToxicogenomics Interoperability Interest GroupRDA PartnersThe Research Data Alliance is supported by The Australian Commonwealth Government through the Australian National Data Service supported by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program and the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Super Science Initiative, the European Commission through the RDA Europe project funded under the 7th Framework Program and the United States of America through the RDA/US activity funded by the National Science Foundation and other U.S. agencies.Australian Commonwealth GovernmentAustralian National Data ServiceEuropean CommissionNational Science Foundation... researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society._f39060e4-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef1To build the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing of data._f39060e5-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef1FocusAlthough Working Group outcomes will vary, RDA Working Groups should strive for “focused effort and tangible progress”. This can be interpreted as encouraging * “Harvestable” efforts for which roughly 12-18 months of work can eliminate a roadblock for a substantial community focused on innovation. * Efforts that have substantive applicability to particular segments of the data community, but may not apply to everyone. * Efforts where working scientists and researchers can start today to get something done now, while more long-term or far-reaching solutions are being appropriately discussed through other vehicles...Tangible ProgressData SharingData ExchangeInteroperabilityData UseData Re-useData DiscoverabilityData AnalysisData StewardshipData PreservationBest PracticeIntellectual PropertyBecause of the short life-span for Working Groups (12-18 months), any issues of Intellectual Property, and relevant national or international law, policy, or regulation must be well-understood and addressed up- front.StandardsDevelop data standards and harmonize existing standards_f39060e6-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef11New data standards or harmonization of existing standards. RDA WGs focusing on standards and harmonization should include specific communities who will benefit from this effort and who will adopt the new or harmonized standards, effectively putting them into “action” at the completion of the Working Group. (RDA is not a standards organization comparable to the ISO for example. It draws on the rough consensus approach of the IETF)._f39060e7-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef1Sharing, Exchange, Interoperability, Use & Re-UseFacilitate data sharing, exchange, interoperability, usability and re-usability._f39060e8-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef12Greater data sharing, exchange, interoperability, usability and re-usability. RDA WGs focusing on data sharing, exchange, interoperability, usability, and/or re-usability should evolve or create new infrastructure, tools, technologies, services, approaches, policies, or other vehicles that improve upon current practice for a significant cohort within the data community. Deliverables for this work should be adopted / put into practice by WG members, at the least._f3907da2-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef1DiscoveryFacilitate discovery of research data sets._f3907da3-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef13Greater discoverability of research data sets. RDA WGs focusing on data discoverability should evolve or create new infrastructure, tools, technologies, registries, approaches, policies, or other vehicles that facilitate the discoverability of research data beyond current practice for a significant cohort. Deliverables for this work should include adoption of those vehicles. (For these purposes, “research data” is broadly defined to be digital data sets generated or used by the research community)._f3907da4-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef1ImprovementImprove management, stewardship, and preservation of research data._f3907da5-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef14Better management, stewardship, and preservation of research data. RDA WGs focusing on management, stewardship, and preservation should evolve or create practice, policy, infrastructure, and/or other appropriate vehicles, and facilitate their adoption/implementation within Working Group institutions and organizations and beyond._f3907da6-16cd-11e4-99de-c03db924fef12014-07-28https://rd-alliance.org/groups/goals-and-outcomes.htmlOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net