McGill Research Data Management Strategy - v3.0 -
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- CARE Principles were developed by the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. CARE refers to Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility and Ethics. 鈥淭he CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are people and purpose oriented, reflecting the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and self-determination.鈥� (Based on .
- Community of Practice (CoP) refers to a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or an interest in a topic and who come together to fulfill both individual and group goals. CoP often focuses on sharing best practices and creating new knowledge with ongoing interactions in meetings or collaborative platforms to communicate, connect and conduct community activities. (Adapted from: )
- Data are facts, measurements, recordings, records, or observations collected by researchers and others, with a minimum of contextual interpretation. Data may be in any format or medium taking the form of text, numbers, symbols, images, films, video, sound recordings, pictorial reproductions, drawings, designs or other graphical representations, procedural manuals, forms, diagrams, workflows, equipment descriptions, data files, data processing algorithms, software, programming languages, code, or statistical records. (Adapted from: )
- Data Lifecycle refers to all the stages in the existence of data from creation to destruction. The data lifecycle provides a high-level overview of the stages involved in successful management and preservation of data for use and reuse. This broadly includes the following stages: Plan, Create, Process, Analyze, Disseminate, Preserve and Reuse. (Adapted from: CASRAI , , & )
- Data Stewardship refers to knowledge and skills required to effectively manage data assets. Data stewardship is often described as data governance in action. This includes the oversight of data to ensure fitness for use, the accessibility of the data, and compliance with polices, directives and regulations. (Adapted from: )
- Distinctions-based [refers to] the three federally recognized Indigenous groupings in Canada: First Nations, M茅tis, and Inuit. A distinctions-based approach [is] intended to remedy the previous "pan-Aboriginal" or "one size fits all" approach to Indigenous policy and decision making, in which the unique rights, interests and circumstance of First Nations, the M茅tis Nation and Inuit are acknowledged, affirmed, and implemented. (Adapted from: and )
- FAIR Principles for scientific data management and stewardship are international best practice for improving findability, accessibility, interoperability and reuse of research data. (Adapted from: )
- OCAP庐 is a registered trademark of the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC). It refers to Ownership, Control, Access and Possession. (Adapted from: )
- Research Data Management refers to the processes applied through the lifecycle of a research project to guide the collection, documentation, storage, sharing and preservation of research data. (Adapted from: and )
- Researcher means any member of the University community who engages in or supervises research. (Adapted from: Regulations on Conduct of Research at McGill)
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