Culture Knowledge Base

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.

This decision tree provides guidance on the steps to consider before transferring within or between research institutions beyond the research purpose itself.

The CARE Principles were formulated to complement the FAIR Principles with an important research ethics aspect. The topic is explained in an introductory way and via the page one can obtain both a summary and a detailed presentation (each as a PDF).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.