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Abstract
The FAIR principles imply that research objects should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) both for machines and for people. These principles present varying degrees of technical, legal, and ethical challenges in different countries when it comes to access and the reusability of research data. This equally applies to data in web archives. In this presentation we examine the challenges for the use and reuse of data from web archives from both the perspectives of web archive curators and users, and we assess how these challenges influence the application of FAIR principles to such data.
Researchers' use of web archives has increased steadily in recent years, across a multitude of disciplines, using multiple methods. This development would imply that there are a diversity of requirements regarding the RDM lifecycle for the use and reuse of web archive data. Nonetheless there has been very little research conducted which examines the challenges for researchers in the application of FAIR principles to the data they use from web archives.
To better understand current research practices and RDM challenges for this type of data, a series of semi-structured interviews for research and cultural heritage institutions interested in improving the access of their born-digital archives for research.
Through an analysis of the interviews we offer an overview of several aspects which present challenges for the application of FAIR principles to web archive data. We assess how current RDM practices transfer to such data from both a researcher and archival perspective, including an examination of how FAIR web archives are. We also look at the legal and ethical challenges experienced by creators and users of web archives, and how they impact on the application of FAIR principles and cross-border data sharing. Finally, we explore some of the technical challenges, and discuss methods for the extraction of datasets from web archives using reproducible workflows.
Researchers' use of web archives has increased steadily in recent years, across a multitude of disciplines, using multiple methods. This development would imply that there are a diversity of requirements regarding the RDM lifecycle for the use and reuse of web archive data. Nonetheless there has been very little research conducted which examines the challenges for researchers in the application of FAIR principles to the data they use from web archives.
To better understand current research practices and RDM challenges for this type of data, a series of semi-structured interviews for research and cultural heritage institutions interested in improving the access of their born-digital archives for research.
Through an analysis of the interviews we offer an overview of several aspects which present challenges for the application of FAIR principles to web archive data. We assess how current RDM practices transfer to such data from both a researcher and archival perspective, including an examination of how FAIR web archives are. We also look at the legal and ethical challenges experienced by creators and users of web archives, and how they impact on the application of FAIR principles and cross-border data sharing. Finally, we explore some of the technical challenges, and discuss methods for the extraction of datasets from web archives using reproducible workflows.
| Translated title of the contribution | Web arkiver og FAIR data: undersøgelse af udfordringer for Research Data Magament (RDM) |
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| Original language | English |
| Publication date | 12 May 2023 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 May 2023 |
| Event | IIPC Web Archiving Conference 2023 - Sound & Vision, Hilversum, Netherlands Duration: 11 May 2023 → 12 May 2023 https://netpreserve.org/event/wac2023/?occurrence=2023-05-11 |
Conference
| Conference | IIPC Web Archiving Conference 2023 |
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| Location | Sound & Vision |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Hilversum |
| Period | 11/05/2023 → 12/05/2023 |
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Keywords
- web archive
- research data management
- FAIR
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WARCnet: WARCnet: Web ARChive studies network researching web domains and events
Brügger, N. (Project manager, organisational), Laursen, D. (Project participant), Zierau , E. (Project participant) & Smith-Sivertsen, H. (Project participant)
01/01/2020 → 01/03/2023
Project: Research