Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management (Dec 2024)
The Feasibility of Design and Implementation of a Research Data Management Database for Persian Scholarly Journal Articles: ISCData prototype design
Abstract
This research aims to provide a model for designing and implementing a research data management database (RDMS) for Persian scholarly articles. The content analysis method was used in this study. The research population for creating a prototype database included a set of research data related to articles published in Persian scholarly journals. From this set, a sample of various types of research data presented in 120 selected articles from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology's Scientific Journals Portal in six subject areas (including Humanities, Engineering, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Veterinary Medicine, Basic Sciences, and Art and Architecture) were chosen as the research sample. The data gathering method involved structured (systematic) observation, and the data gathering tool was a checklist consisting of metadata elements related to describing the research data of scholarly journal articles. The database was designed using the Persian demo version of the DSpace software. In this study, the metadata elements required to describe the research data of scholarly articles were identified. This database, named ISCData, was designed in twelve steps including policy determination, identification of metadata elements, preparation of a checklist, preparation of data entry worksheets, research data gathering, organization and classification of research data, design of the database prototype, data entry into the database, establishing links between research data and the full text of articles, data protection and security measures, determining the conditions for user access to data, and enabling the reuse of research data. By observing the prototype of the ISCData research data repository, which can search, display, and retrieve various types of research data presented in the journals and the possibility of providing statistical and citation reports as well as supporting metadata standards, it can be concluded that DSpace software structure can cover various features for representing the Persian scholarly publications, both at the article level and at the level of research data. The design of the database and the launch of research data services as educational and research support at the national level have brought valuable achievements and can cover a significant part of the information needs of researchers both in universities and in the field of production and industry and can be transformative in the science, research, technology, and industry areas.
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