Abstract

RO-Crate is a mechanism for packaging research outputs along with structured metadata, providing machine-readability and reproducibility following the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. It enables interlinking methods, data, software, and outputs with the outcomes of a project or a piece of work, even where distributed across repositories.

- As a researcher, RO-Crate helps you describe how to (re)use your data and reproduce your analysis - As a data consumer, RO-Crate helps you make sense of complex datasets and find related publications, workflows, software, and so on - As a data steward, RO-Crate helps you manage project data FAI Rly and ensure credit and attribution for contributors - As a software engineer, RO-Crate provides a standardised way to share data and metadata between different platforms

RO-Crate is an open-source project developed by a global community, and it’s based on standard, widely-used web technologies, including JSON -LD, Schema.org, and persistent identifiers.

This talk will cover the motivations behind the development of RO-Crate, a brief technical explanation of how it works, and a few of its applications across different domains and types of data.