For Data Contributor

Contributing data to Research Link Australia

The data/information contributor here is aimed at organisations seeking to provide data to Research Link Australia. Potential contributor should refer to Research Link Australia “RLA Information Model and Metadata Policies” for guidance on acceptable data for Research Link Australia, as well as “RLA data curation principles” to understand how data are managed and linked in RLA.

How to provide data to RLA

• Contact services@ardc.edu.au if you intend to provide data to RLA

• RLA team will review proposed data, working with you on required (minimum) metadata and crosswalk if necessary.

• Data will get into a RLA demo environment for data provider’s review.

• Data will be published into the RLA production with data provider’s approval.

• Data provider needs to arrange the sign up the ARDC RLA service schedule before data is published to the RLA production.

Before providing data to RLA, please read the following documentation. Contact services@ardc.edu.au if you have any questions.

• RLA information model and metadata

• RLA data curation principles

• RLA Minimum Metadata