Guides
Useful documents to have on hand for a good RDM
RDM Fast Guides
Research data | FAIR data principles | Cost of RDM | File formats | Metadata | Code as data | ELN | Personal data management | Data masking | Store, publish, preserve data | DMP | Data and code licensing
RDM Walkthrough Guide
A detailed guide to understand all aspects of Research Data Management (RDM).
EPFL Community on Zenodo
If you publish your datasets or other research material on Zenodo as an EPFL member, we invite you to associate them with the EPFL Zenodo Community. The Library RDM team will review the dataset according to the Curation Policy, enabling better visibility and facilitating the dissemination of information.
Research Data Decision Tree
Unsure about how to license your data for publishing or sharing? Check out the simple data publication decision tree.
README file Vademecum and Template
Guide for researchers to write a README file for datasets (data and code), through best practices and an example template.
RDM Acronyms
The most commonly used acronyms in RDM at EPFL — a guide to help you decode the language.
EPFL Research data storage solutions comparison matrix
Data repositories & Data Code journals comparison matrix
Tools table for treating personal/sensitive data
- The researchers are responsible for choosing and operating any tool, in compliance with the ethics validation and the laws. To clarify the responsibilities, contact the HREC at research@epfl.ch.
- Unless explicitly stated, in principle EPFL does not develop, maintain, grant licenses or access, nor offers specific support for the tools listed in the table.
- The EPFL Library does not assume any responsibility for the veracity of the information, collaboratively gathered within the Swiss Research Data Support Network.
