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AMNESIA
- a free anonymisation tool that removes identifying information from the data. After uploading a data file that contains personal information, the original data file is transformed by the tool and the result is a data file that is anonymised as far as personal and sensitive data is concerned.
Anonymization
- The process of concealing the identity of all persons or institutions under investigation in all documents that are the output of scientific research.
APC - Article Processing Charge
- The article processing charge (sometimes called an author fee) that a publisher charges authors for publishing an article in an open access journal.
Citizen Science
- Refers to projects that actively engage the general public in scientific endeavours to democratise science.
Data management
- Research data management; a set of activities related to data management.
Data management plan
- A formal document describing the management cycle of data collected, processed or generated during and after project implementation.
Data repository
- Information system designed for long-term preservation and dissemination of digital objects - data, i.e. ensuring the storage, protection, integrity, authenticity and accessibility of digital objects in the long term.
Data sharing
- a set of procedures, technologies, cultural elements, and legal frameworks that are relevant to the practice of making data used for scientific research available to other researchers.
Data steward
- Data management specialist(s).
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
- Persistent identifier of a digital object, one of the persistent identifiers.
Domain specific repository
- An information system designed for the long-term preservation and dissemination of digital objects from a specific scientific field (research results), i.e. ensuring the storage, protection, integrity, authenticity and accessibility of digital objects in the long term.
Embargo
- The period of time from the publication of the copyright work for which the publisher prohibits its publication in the open access mode.
EOSC (European Open Science Cloud)
- An initiative that aims to build a common research space with freely available services. It is designed to store, archive, manage, reuse, analyse and share data across all scientific disciplines.
FAIR principles
- Defining the principles according to which (meta)data should be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.
GDPR
- A legal framework of seven principles established across the European Union (EU) to protect personal data. The framework aims to put citizens in control of their personal data while regulating the parties involved in the storage and processing of that data.
Gold Open Access
- The publisher allows authors to publish in open journals for an APC fee, the article is immediately available to the public upon publication, without restriction.
Green Open Access
- The publisher allows authors to self-archive articles in open repositories, reserves the conditions under which the article can be published (version of the article, time embargo, license).
HANDLE
- A digital object identifier often used in repositories.
Horizon Europe (Horizont Evropa)
- A key EU programme to fund research and innovation.
Interoperability of data
- The ability of systems to collaborate or exchange data with another system.
IS VaVaI
- Research, Development and Innovation Information System; collects information on research, development and innovation supported from public budgets in the Czech Republic.
Licenses Creative Commons (CC)
- A set of public licences through which the author offers to an indefinite number of potential users a licence agreement under which he grants them some of his rights in the work and reserves others.
Metadata
- Bibliographic data used to identify and make datasets/publications/results searchable.
Metadata standard
- Aims to ensure a common understanding of the meaning or semantics of the data/data about the described objects, i.e. to ensure the correct use and interpretation of the data among its owners, systems and users.
Open Access
- Permanent, immediate free online access to the full text of scientific publications/research data.
Open access journal
- Professional / scientific journal freely available in open access.
OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe)
- Infrastructure for open access to research results in Europe.
Open data
- Data freely available via the Internet for further mining, exploitation, reproduction and dissemination.
Open Peer Review
- Open peer review, where authors know the name of the reviewer; alternative peer review methods, which seek to make traditional ("blind" or "closed") peer review more transparent and accountable.
Open Science
- A concept promoting greater transparency, openness and collaboration in research based on the dissemination of knowledge through digital and collaborative technologies. Open science includes the sharing and reuse of scientific methodology, data, tools and materials and the accessibility of research results to researchers and the general public (especially when publicly funded).
Open Science center
- A support facility aimed at increasing the openness, integrity and reproducibility of research.
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
- Researcher identifier
Persistent identificator
- A long-term digital reference to an object, contributor or organisation that remains constant as a means of identifying the digital object regardless of changes to its location on the Internet.
Publication repository
- Information system designed for long-term preservation and dissemination of digital objects - publications, i.e. ensuring the storage, protection, integrity, authenticity and accessibility of digital objects in the long term.
ReadMe file
- How to document the content and structure of the file and/or dataset so that the researcher can find and understand the information needed.
Register of Information on Results (RIV)
- Part of the research and development information system (IS VaVaI), which collects information on the results achieved in research and development projects and research projects supported by public funds.
Reproducibility
- Enabling the validation of research results and reproducible use in other research projects by different R&D&I actors.
Research data
- Information, other than scientific publications, in electronic form, which is collected or generated in the course of research or development and is used as evidence in the research or development process or which is generally accepted by the research community as necessary to validate the findings and results of the research or development.
Sensitive data
- Data intended strictly for the internal use of a well-defined group of persons requires by its nature special regulation or special protection, typically strictly protected by law or by contract/licence
Storage
- Space for storing live (generated) data, outputs and information.
Zenodo
- An open science repository where researchers can deposit research papers, reports, datasets, research software and other research-related digital artefacts.
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT) (2023) List of Terms. Available at: https://forrt.org/glossary/
Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy (2023) Informační systém výzkumu, vývoje a inovací Is VaVaI. Available at: https://www.msmt.cz/vyzkum-a-vyvoj-2/informacni-system-vyzkumu-vyvoje-a-inovaci-is-vavai
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