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Research-Data Management Planning in the German Mathematical Community

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In this paper we discuss the notion of research data for the field of mathematics and report on the status quo of research-data management and planning. A number of decentralized approaches are presented and compared to needs and challenges faced in three use cases from different mathematical subdisciplines. We highlight the importance of tailoring research-data management plans to mathematicians' research processes and discuss their usage all along the data life cycle.

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Tobias Boege, René Fritze, Christiane Görgen, Jeroen Hanselman, Dorothea Iglezakis, Lars Kastner, Thomas Koprucki, Tabea Krause, Christoph Lehrenfeld, Silvia Polla, Marco Reidelbach, Christian Riedel, Jens Saak, Björn Schembera, Karsten Tabelow, Marcus Weber. 2022-11-22. Research-Data Management Planning in the German Mathematical Community. https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.12071

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