RDUF （Research Data Utilization Forum）
Japan Link Center has established Research Data Utilization Forum（RDUF） in May 2016.
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GET INVOLVED
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.
Join our Community Today! RDUF Members can join mailing lists.
Research Data Utilization Forum（RDUF）
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.
RDUF Members
RDUF consists of “organizational member” and “personal member”.
Currently, 7 organizations, including university, library, research institute, and funding agency, belong to RDUF and support the operation of RDUF.
We also have more than 150 persons as personal members with various backgrounds, such as researchers, librarians, university administrative staff, IT technicians, etc.
Notably, RDUF provides the community among various stakeholders, not only for personal relationships but also for personal-organizational and organizational-organizations.
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Join us
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.
Join our Community Today! RDUF Members can join mailing lists.
Subcommittee
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:
【Currently Active Subcommittees】
・研究資料・実験機器へのPID付与検討小委員会 (2021.4～)
・人文学・社会科学のデータ共有における課題検討（Data sharing in the humanities and social sciences）（2021.10～）
・研究データへのDOI登録促進（2021.11～）
【Past subcommittees】
・データ管理計画（Data Management Plan: DMP） (2017.9～2019.3)
・研究データのライセンス検討プロジェクト (2017.9～2019.3)
・リサーチデータサイテーション（Research Data Citation: RDC） (2018.12～2020.6)
・研究データライセンス (2019.7～2020.12)
・ジャパン･データリポジトリ･ネットワーク（Japan DAta Repository Network: JDARN） (2020.1～2020.12)
Permanent Subcommittee
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】
・データ共有・公開制度検討部会 （Norms for Research Data Culture）(2021.2～)
・ジャパンデータリポジトリネットワーク推進部会(Japan DAta Repository Network: JDARN) (2021.2～)
Deliverable
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.
Documents
Policy and Terms of RDUF are available at Here(in Japanese)
Events
Past event reports are archived in Here(in Japanese)