Culture Knowledge Base
The NFDI4Culture Knowledge Base contains guidelines, reports, and specifications by the task areas of the consortium covering all aspects of research data management in the domain of material and immaterial cultural heritage. Additionally, we provide you with curated link recommendations to high quality open educational resources.
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Organizing 1 Items
21.08.2023
Introduction to data formats
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Language(s):
German
This resource provides an introduction such as an overview of long-term and sustainable data formats and covers file formats, conversion, compatibility, long-term stability, metadata, and machine readability.
Rights & Ethics 8 Items
22.10.2023
Data Protection Compliant Internal Sharing of Research Datasets
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This decision tree provides guidance on the steps to consider before transferring within or between research institutions beyond the research purpose itself.
15.08.2023
Data protection law – The "5 Safes"
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Language(s):
English
The "5 Safes" is a concept in data protection developed in the United Kingdom to help in the development of an effective data protection concept.
15.08.2023
Data Protection – Handbook of the SWD Council
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Language(s):
German
In 2020, the Council for Social and Economic Data put the second edition of its handout on data protection online. It summarizes the basics of data protection law and provides an excellent introduction to the subject, including easy-to-understand examples.
15.08.2023
Dealing with collection items from colonial contexts (2021)
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Language(s):
German
The guideline of the German Museums Association on dealing with collections from colonial contexts provides information and working aids for collections in researching, documenting and presenting objects and in cooperating with societies of origin.
15.08.2023
Handling of human remains in museums and collections (2021)
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Language(s):
German
This 2021 guide from the German Museums Association provides important guidance for collections dealing with issues related to the management, presentation, and restitution of human remains.
15.08.2023
Human remains in the repository. Recommendations for care and use (2021)
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Language(s):
German
These recommendations for daily collection work in the areas of care, indexing and research, as well as use for teaching and exhibitions, are aimed primarily at those who have not previously worked with human remains, or have done so only rarely.
Data sharing & publishing 2 Items
19.03.2024
Basics of digital long-term preservation. A guide to digital long-term preservation from the perspective of the NFDI4Culture community
NFDI4Culture Guideline
Author(s):
Alexandra Büttner, Jörg Heseler, Matthias Arnold
Version: 1.0.2
The guideline conveys the basics of digital preservation, introduces digital archives in NFDI4Culture, explains the path of research data into the digital archive, explains the OAIS model and introduces preservation strategies. The focus is on cultural assets.
14.08.2023
RADAR4Culture Quickstart Guide for Data Providers
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This handout guides you through the process of publishing your research data quickly and easily on RADAR4Culture: upload data packages, describe metadata, edit, validate and publish.