Releases: stain/ro-crate-paper
Published 2022-01-08
Packaging research artefacts with RO-Crate
Status
This is the post-publication version 2022-01-08, updated to match publication in the journal Data Science as https://doi.org/10.3233/DS-210053
- Cite this version: https://doi.org/10.3233/DS-210053
- HTML: https://www.researchobject.org/2021-packaging-research-artefacts-with-ro-crate/manuscript.html
- PDF: https://www.researchobject.org/2021-packaging-research-artefacts-with-ro-crate/manuscript.pdf
- RO-Crate preview https://w3id.org/ro/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5146227
- JSON-LD https://www.researchobject.org/2021-packaging-research-artefacts-with-ro-crate/ro-crate-metadata.jsonld
Abstract
An increasing number of researchers support reproducibility by including pointers to and descriptions of datasets, software and methods in their publications. However, scientific articles may be ambiguous, incomplete and difficult to process by automated systems. In this paper we introduce RO-Crate, an open, community-driven, and lightweight approach to packaging research artefacts along with their metadata in a machine readable manner. RO-Crate is based on Schema.org annotations in JSON-LD, aiming to establish best practices to formally describe metadata in an accessible and practical way for their use in a wide variety of situations.
An RO-Crate is a structured archive of all the items that contributed to a research outcome, including their identifiers, provenance, relations and annotations. As a general purpose packaging approach for data and their metadata, RO-Crate is used across multiple areas, including bioinformatics, digital humanities and regulatory sciences. By applying "just enough" Linked Data standards, RO-Crate simplifies the process of making research outputs FAIR while also enhancing research reproducibility.
Revised 2021-11-30
Packaging research artefacts with RO-Crate
Status
This is the revised version 2021-11-30 of the article, submitted as camera ready to the journal Data Science following its acceptance after peer review.
- Cite this version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5744421
- HTML: https://stain.github.io/ro-crate-paper/v/b6a5208c1283dc55077a658faaa993421763ffb1/
- PDF: https://www.researchobject.org/2021-packaging-research-artefacts-with-ro-crate/manuscript.pdf
- RO-Crate preview https://w3id.org/ro/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5146227
- JSON-LD https://www.researchobject.org/2021-packaging-research-artefacts-with-ro-crate/ro-crate-metadata.jsonld
For a summary of changes, see Response to reviewers and git difference.
Abstract
An increasing number of researchers support reproducibility by including pointers to and descriptions of datasets, software and methods in their publications. However, scientific articles may be ambiguous, incomplete and difficult to process by automated systems. In this paper we introduce RO-Crate, an open, community-driven, and lightweight approach to packaging research artefacts along with their metadata in a machine readable manner. RO-Crate is based on Schema.org annotations in JSON-LD, aiming to establish best practices to formally describe metadata in an accessible and practical way for their use in a wide variety of situations.
An RO-Crate is a structured archive of all the items that contributed to a research outcome, including their identifiers, provenance, relations and annotations. As a general purpose packaging approach for data and their metadata, RO-Crate is used across multiple areas, including bioinformatics, digital humanities and regulatory sciences. By applying "just enough" Linked Data standards, RO-Crate simplifies the process of making research outputs FAIR while also enhancing research reproducibility.
Submitted 2021-08-13
Packaging research artefacts with RO-Crate
Status
This is the version of the article submitted 2021-08-13 for review at Data Science.
- Cite this version: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5146228
- HTML: https://stain.github.io/ro-crate-paper/v/543870d65a7c891d20497ff87f19ebbbc716c4e1/
- PDF: <https://stain.github.io/ro-crate-paper/v/543870d65a7c891d20497ff87f19ebbbc716c4e1/manuscript.pdf
- RO-Crate preview https://www.researchobject.org/2021-packaging-research-artefacts-with-ro-crate/
- JSON-LD https://www.researchobject.org/2021-packaging-research-artefacts-with-ro-crate/ro-crate-metadata.jsonld
Abstract
An increasing number of researchers support reproducibility by including pointers to and descriptions of datasets, software and methods in their publications. However, scientific articles may be ambiguous, incomplete and difficult to process by automated systems. In this paper we introduce RO-Crate, an open, community-driven, and lightweight approach to packaging research artefacts along with their metadata in a machine readable manner. RO-Crate is based on Schema.org annotations in JSON-LD, aiming to establish best practices to formally describe metadata in an accessible and practical way for their use in a wide variety of situations.
An RO-Crate is a structured archive of all the items that contributed to a research outcome, including their identifiers, provenance, relations and annotations. As a general purpose packaging approach for data and their metadata, RO-Crate is used across multiple areas, including bioinformatics, digital humanities and regulatory sciences. By applying "just enough" Linked Data standards, RO-Crate simplifies the process of making research outputs FAIR while also enhancing research reproducibility.
Draft 2021-06-02
Snapshot before making docx for copy-editing in Google Docs.
HTML version: https://stain.github.io/ro-crate-paper/v/eb73261a88c1e16e2a9584972261b76f486c99fb/