Applications are now open for participation in the CODATA RDM Terminology Working Group 2025. The RDMT Working Group is convened biennially to review and update the RDM Terminology, the essential reference resource for the RDM community.
Could YOU help improve and sustain the RDM Terminology? If so, please apply – applications close at 12 noon CET on 13 December 2024: https://codata.org/application-form-codata-rdm-terminology-wg-2025/
Our aims:
The aim of the WG is to maintain a stable and sustainably-governed standard terminology of community-accepted terms and definitions for concepts relevant to research data management, and to keep this terminology relevant by maintaining it as a ‘living document’ that is updated regularly. To that end, the RDM Terminology Working Group uses a lightweight and pragmatic biennial process to review the current terminology and suggest any edits, additions and removals that are required in order to develop and improve this important reference resource.
Who we’re looking for:
We aim to recruit a group of 12–14 people for one review cycle. Full details of our procedure are available here and all activities will take place in line with the CODATA Code of Conduct. We encourage you to apply if you are:
- working in research data management practice, policy and advocacy roles, and/or aligned professions (such as data stewardship, digital preservation, digital curation, open science advocacy, etc.);
- fluent in English;
- keen to collaborate positively and constructively with an international group of colleagues both as a group and independently;
- willing to progress your reviewing activity independently between meetings.
Meetings will be online at times as convenient as possible for the majority of the group. WG members are expected to have expertise in research data management and related areas but participation will not require familiarity with any specific technical platform. Previous WG participants are welcome to apply. Equally, we encourage new participants – you will be guided and supported throughout the review process.
How to apply:
Applications for the 2025 Working Group are now open and will close at 12 noon CET on Friday 13 December 2024. Please apply here:
https://codata.org/application-form-codata-rdm-terminology-wg-2025/
Any questions?
If you have any questions about the Terminology, the Working Group, or your potential suitability, please email WG convenor Laura Molloy at laura[AT]codata.org before the application deadline.
Please share this call for participants with your network. Thank you for helping to keep this valued resource up-to-date and useful for the RDM community!