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Guideline 1: Commitment to the general principlesGuideline 2: Professional ethicsGuideline 3: Organisational responsibility of heads of research institutionsGuideline 4: Responsibility of the heads of research work unitsGuideline 5: Dimensions of performance and assessment criteriaGuideline 6: Ombudspersons

Research Process

Guideline 7: Cross-phase quality assuranceGuideline 8: Stakeholders, responsibilities and rolesGuideline 9: Research design

 

Guideline 10: Legal and ethical frameworks, usage rightsGuideline 11: Methods and standardsGuideline 12: DocumentationGuideline 13: Providing public access to research resultsGuideline 14: AuthorshipGuideline 15: Publication mediumGuideline 16: Confidentiality and neutrality of review processes and discussionsGuideline 17: Archiving

Non-Compliance with Good Research Practice, Procedures

Guideline 18: Complainants and respondentsGuideline 19: Procedures in cases of alleged research misconductImplementation of the Guidelines
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Guideline 17

Archiving

Researchers back up research data and results made publicly available, as well as the central materials on which they are based and the research software used, by adequate means according to the standards of the relevant subject area, and retain them for an appropriate period of time. Where justifiable reasons exist for not archiving particular data, researchers explain these reasons. HEIs and non-HEI research institutions ensure that the infrastructure necessary to enable archiving is in place.

Explanations:

When scientific and academic findings are made publicly available, the research data (generally raw data) on which they are based are generally archived in an accessible and identifiable manner for a period of ten years at the institution where the data were produced or in cross-location repositories. This practice may differ depending on the subject area. In justified cases, shorter archiving periods may be appropriate; the reasons for this are described clearly and comprehensibly. The archiving period begins on the date when the results are made publicly available.

Archiving of research software

Guideline 17 requires researchers to safeguard and retain any published research results. In order to allow the process that led to the results to be verified, the requirement covers not just the underlying objects but also the research software itself. If the research software has not already been published in the form in which it was used, it must be archived. The scope of the content to be safeguarded and retained may vary depending on the nature and function of the research software. The following should generally be included:

  • name of the research software
  • description of the functions of the research software
  • archiving of the source code
  • versioning
  • documentation (e.g. manual or handbook)
  • technical requirements (technical dependencies, environment, etc.)
  • licence
  • authorship

In order to ensure safeguarding and retention, the recommendation is to use publicly accessible repositories or software archives. These should ideally be managed by the research community and allow the assignment of persistent identifiers (PID, e.g. DOI). Practical guides and best practices for archiving research software are offered e. g. by various NFDI consortia.

See also

Submitting Your Research · DS&AI Best Practices
How to save and reference research software – Software Heritage
Software Sustainability Institute

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