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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We've just submitted an idea to the "research data spring" - this is an initiative led by Jisc
to "gather fresh ideas around building new solutions that ease the pain points in research data management".</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Idea Title: Link EPrints to remote research data</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Idea Summary: </span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">EPrints provides a front end for research data cataloguing, discovery and access. This idea focuses
on linking records in EPrints to remotely stored research data. The key challenges we propose to address are:</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">1) Cut out the middle man - store data files directly without going through EPrints</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2) Create a unified workflow - store data and create EPrints record at the same time</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">If this sounds interesting please read the idea in full at </span><a href="http://researchatrisk.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Link-EPrints-to-remote-research-data/103012-31525" target="_blank" style="font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://researchatrisk.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Link-EPrints-to-remote-research-data/103012-31525</a><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,'Segoe UI','Segoe WP',Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and
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<div><font face="Arial">Rory McNicholl</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Lead developer, Research Repositories Team</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Academic Research Technologies</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">t: +44 (0)20 7863 1344</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">e: rory.mcnicholl@london.ac.uk</font></div>
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