CC-BY Andres Bucher
Contribution by Dr. Julian Dederke and Dr. Fabian Schmid, Research Data Management and Digital Curation Team at ETH Library, ETH Zurich
Guidelines
| ✓ | Be sure important data is backed up; i.e., in a "store" not a "scratch" directory. |
| ✓ | Store primary and derived datasets in separate directories. |
| × | Avoid spaces and special characters (& , * % # ; * ( ) ! @ $ ^ ~ ' { } [ ] ? < >.) in filenames. |
| × | Avoid creating multiple copies of your data. |
Recommended resources
C2SM Data and Code Management Recommendations
Practical recommendations for managing research data and code.
ETH Zurich: C2SM Best Practices
Data-handling guidance, repositories, licensing advice, and related resources.
EPFL: Research Data Management
Research data management principles, responsibilities, and support resources.
University of Bern: Managing data
Guidance on organizing, documenting, storing, and reusing research data.
University of Geneva: Research Data Portal
Resources and tools for managing research data throughout its lifecycle.
University of Lausanne: Managing research data
Guidance and resources for managing research data throughout the research lifecycle.
University of Zurich: Research Data Management
Support for finding, documenting, storing, publishing, and reusing research data.