Scientific information infrastructure

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Scientific information infrastructures are technically and organizationally networked services and offers for working with scientifically relevant data, information and knowledge.

Scientific information infrastructure facilities are part of the research infrastructure . Its task is to collect the data, information and knowledge relevant for research and teaching from a systematic point of view, to maintain them and to make them available and accessible for scientific use. In this way, they sustainably support the entire process of scientific work.

"Data and information carriers"

The carriers of scientifically relevant data, information and knowledge include:

  • Archives and writings (manuscripts, books, magazines, etc.)
  • Research data collections (see research data infrastructure )
  • Pictures, films, sound documents
  • other cultural artifacts and natural objects (skeletons, cell cultures, rock samples, etc.)
  • Digital copies of all of these "media"

Information infrastructures support science

The scientific work can be summarized in a scientific value creation process: This includes project ideas, data collection, evaluation, scientific discourse, publication, documentation of results and teaching. The task of the information infrastructure is to sustainably support all these processes in close cooperation with the scientists. In addition to the "classic tasks" such as the indexing, processing and provision of specialist information, integrated services such as B. the support of the exchange within a project team in virtual research environments are becoming more and more important.

Information infrastructure tasks

These include:

  • Acquisition, processing, development, verification, provision and archiving of information ("classic tasks")
  • Ensuring sustainable retrieval and analysis capability of relevant information
  • Management of information of all kinds (data, textual and non-textual objects, media), including the provision of tools for processing
  • Ensuring permanent access (long-term availability, long-term archiving )
  • Ensure security, confidentiality and trustworthiness
  • Provision of possibilities for collaborative use (e.g. data sharing) and virtual communication
  • Support of these processes and tasks through appropriate teaching and training methods

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Council for Information Infrastructures, opening declaration 2015. In: rfii.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
  2. ↑ General recommendations on information infrastructures, Berlin 2011. (PDF) In: Wissenschaftsrat.de. Retrieved January 27, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Recommendations for the further development of scientific information infrastructures in Germany by 2020, Berlin 2012. (PDF) In: Wissenschaftsrat.de. Retrieved January 26, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Overall concept for the information infrastructure in Germany, Commission for the future of information infrastructure, 2011. (PDF) In: leibniz-gemeinschaft.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Overall concept for the information infrastructure in Germany, Commission for the future of information infrastructure, 2011. (PDF) In: leibniz-gemeinschaft.de. Retrieved January 28, 2016 .