Data management

☑    Ensuring the Long-Term Security of Public Research Data

As part of its Data Management Plan, the SILVATECH facility is committed to securing the research data produced within the infrastructure during and beyond the lifetime of each research project.

To achieve this, at the start of every project and for its entire duration, a storage space will be created on an INRAE national server. All raw and processed data and files generated by SILVATECH during the project will be stored there and preserved for 5 years, ensuring that the project leader may request extended access if needed.

☑    Ensuring Accessibility and Openness of Public Research Data

In line with INRAE’s charters on open access to data and research infrastructures, SILVATECH has implemented a Data Management Plan that integrates principles of accessibility and data reusability.

To this end, the facility is committed to making data file formats produced during projects as compatible as possible with open, non-proprietary standards, and to documenting available analytical metadata.

This enables project leaders and research units, through their own Data Management Plans, to easily integrate this information with other metadata and experimental/scientific datasets, and to deposit complete, coherent, and relevant datasets on appropriate repositories (e.g., INRAE Dataverse).

The facility will also make available on its INRAE Dataverse space datasets acquired outside of specific projects (such as image banks, intercalibration datasets, or those from dedicated developments). This ensures that each dataset can be identified through a unique DOI and that its reuse can be tracked.

Such measures also contribute to long-term preservation and secure archiving of datasets, extending beyond the 5 years guaranteed by SILVATECH.

These procedures may be adapted in cases where specific confidentiality agreements or data embargoes are defined with partners and INRAE Partnership, Transfer, and Innovation engineers during project setup or access requests to SILVATECH.
SILVATECH’s Data Management Plan is available on the platform’s website, in the DMP OPIDoR application, and on our Dataverse space.