Documentation

Documentation refers to contextual information pertaining to your research data. It accompanies (structured) metadata and guides users to understand and interpret your data and reuse it effectively.

Documentation is meant to be human-readable and it is a crucial aspect of interoperability and reusability. Some examples include:

• Grant / Study Proposals • Study Protocol / Methodology • Data Management Plan (DMP) • README files • Lab Notebooks • Legal / Policy / Administrative Documents

Documentation Checklist

Here is a starter checklist to make an inventory of your documentation: https://tinyurl.com/documentation-checklist