In an attempt to answer 'How large is the research support workforce?', the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) commissioned Dr Markus Buchhorn, former CEO of AeRO, to run a survey...

Unique digital identifiers are used to connect research objects such as data to important contextual information such as: who created this dataset? What project did it result from?  Which journal...

An essential part of making data user-friendly, shareable and with long-lasting usability is to ensure it can be understood and interpreted by anyone who uses it now and in the...

A journal paper, co-authored by Natasha Simons, Associate Director Skilled Workforce, the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), on ways to collect and share data usage statistics and measure data use/re-use,...

As a partner in the Enabling FAIR Data project, the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) invites you to participate in a survey about the increasingly open use of data in...

Can researchers benefit by sharing their Data Management Plans (DMPs)? Who else can benefit from wider exposure of some or all of the DMP content? Are there risks involved and,...

Published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and adopted internationally as a de facto standard for describing earth science datasets, the Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords are...

The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is providing further investment to expand the capacity of the Australian Access Federation’s (AAF) Rapid identity provider (Rapid IdP). This increase in capacity means...