Research Data Utilization Forum (RDUF) was established in May 2016.
The principal mission of the RDUF is to encourage the utilization of research data based on open science.
The RDUF is willing to support the communication on research data management and open science in various inter-disciplinary and inter-sectional views.

Why should you become an RDUF member?
Because you support our mission, agree digital data is a fundamental tool for scientific and societal advancement, and are committed to the development of interdisciplinary data sharing practices and infrastructure.
Joining RDUF as an Personal Member is free, simple and easy.

Communications within RDUF use only Japanese at this moment.

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Subcommittee (小委員会) is a short-term working group to tackle an emerged problem in the development of open science and research data management, especially among Japanese academia and research communities.
A subcommittee is organized by the RDUF members, who arrange meetings and seminars to exchange opinions and find common knowledge on their topic.
The activities of the subcommittees are summarized as reports, guidelines, infographics, etc., and open to the public. (see also 'deliverable')

The details of subcommittees are shown in Japanese:

【Active Subcommittee】
・There are no active subcommittees.

【Past subcommittees】
・Data Management Plan: DMP (～2019.3)
・研究データのライセンス検討プロジェクト (～2019.3)
・Research Data Citation: RDC (2018.12～2020.6)
・Research Data License (2019.7～2020.12)
・Japan DAta Repository Network: JDARN (2020.1～2020.12)
・RDUF subcommittee on PID for research resources and instruments（2022.4～2023.9）
・Data sharing in the humanities and social sciences (2021.10～2023.3)
・Subcommittee for Promoting DOI Registration for Research Data (2021.11～2024.6)

Permanent Subcommittee (部会) was formulated in February 2020.
Permanent subcommittees are intended to proceed with sustainable actions for the development of open science based on the previous outcome.

The details of permanent subcommittees are shown in Japanese

【Currently Active Subcommittees】
・Norms for Research Data Culture (2021.2～)
・Japan DAta Repository Network: JDARN (2021.2～)

Many materials, such as reports, guidelines, infographics, etc., have been issued through the activities of RDUF (especially by our subcommittees).
The materials are sometimes adopted as commentary or references of the Japanese government and academic organizations.

●Guidelines for Registering DOIs for Research Data （DOI：https://doi.org/10.11502/rd_guideline_2e_en）
●Investigation and Development of the Workflow to Clarify Conditions of Use for Research Data Publishing in Japan（DOI：https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-053）
●Guidelines for specifying conditions of use in research data publishing（DOI：https://doi.org/10.11502/rduf_license_guideline_en）
●Glossary of "Guideline for specifying conditions of use in research data publishing"（DOI：https://doi.org/10.11502/rduf_license_glossary_en）

Link to 'Deliverable' (in Japanese)

Policy and Terms of RDUF are available at Here(in Japanese)

Past event reports are archived in Here(in Japanese)