Organising

Systematic organisation of data and supporting materials focuses on protection against accidental loss, alteration and overwriting. In addition, storage strategies are important to ensure access to data.

Even at the planning stage of a research project, established rules help to organise, name and version files. The same applies to the backup of data and materials. The choice of suitable file formats is relevant for long-term (post-)usability.

Further information on these topics:

• Naming Data
• Data security (only available in German)
• File formats