NCI has a team of expert data managers who work with, organise, and curate the datasets for optimal accessibility, analysis and data publication and accessibility. Our approach for data management falls into a process of making data fit-for-purpose for computation and programmatic access, and in the context of organising data in the context of a variety of funded schemes.
Roles and Responsibilities
NCI is responsible for the quality of the data repository and all its functions and internal consistency of all the information. The following Roles and Responsibilities have been established:
Data Collections are managed by NCI to agreed community and international standards that strongly relate the data to both transdisciplinary use as well as domain specific needs. NCI leads the process of broader consultation through community management as resolved through the NCI Allocation Committee, its Scientific Assessment Panel and Technical Advisory Group;
NCI is responsible for the organisation and coordinated activities of data within the collections, in concert with Dataset Managers and Organisational staff such as Data Stewards. This includes development of Data Management Plans (DMPs) and ensuring datasets comply with NCI’s Data Quality Strategy; and
To ensure uniformity in the stakeholder communication and management of the service, NCI is responsible for communications about changes to data areas. The content of advice will be developed in consultation with data providers. It is therefore important that any updates within data areas is managed under controlled procedures.
The value of any data at NCI is considered at the Data Collection and SubCollection level, including funding arrangements for the storage allocations for each of the underlying data Subcollections.