Professionalization of the eResearch-infrastructure of research data on motor performance - motor research data (MO|RE data). Measures for networking, improvement of usability, quality assurance and sustainability

• Applicants: Dr. Arne Upmeier, since 8/2020; Professor Dr. Alexander Woll
• Subject Area: Empirical Social Research
• Term: from 2020 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 432649291

A constantly increasing data volume shows the importance of research data as the basis of scientific knowledge and is also reflected in the activities of the Open Science movement. For motoric test data from the sports sciences, the research data repository MO|RE data was established between 2014 and 2016, in the first funding phase. Since then, MO|RE data has been operated by the Institute for Sport and Sports Sciences. In the meantime, MO|RE data provides access to data records of tens of thousands test persons publicly. Like sports science itself, MO|RE data is interdisciplinary between the life sciences and the humanities. It is currently the only national and international platform, that makes motoric research data available for citation and reuse.Experiences made and needs identified during former operation are the basis of the current project proposal. Technical innovation and optimization of the research data repository shall foster the usage of the research data, not only in the field of motor research, but is also in other scientific disciplines. With regard to economic and social relevance, the data will be stored, prepared for citation and made accessible in a quality-tested manner.The follow-up grant proposal pursues the following concrete objectives: (1) improving usability, (2) expanding and automating quality assurance, (3) linking the service to a broad infrastructure and (4) internationalizing the service. Furthermore, (5) the application for the CoreTrustSeal certificate will be prepared and the certification process shall be carried out. Also (6) the sustainable operation shall be ensured by technical and organizational measures in order to contribute to the long-term availability of the research data repository.The functionality to normalize, recombine and create new data sets with Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) from individual surveys characterizes MO|RE data as an innovative research data repository, not only in the field of sports sciences. The easy referencing and allocation of new DOIs when combining multiple data sets, strongly fosters collaboration between international research groups (objective 4).

• DFG Programme: Research data and software (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Co-Investigators: Professor Dr. Klaus Bös; Hans-Jürgen Goebelbecker; Meike Kloe; Dr. Claudia Nießner; Dr. Lars Schlenker; Robert Ulrich
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Frank Scholze, until 8/2020