Active or Working data is that is in a state of analysis, evolution or monitoring.
Managing 'active data' involves
As has been discussed in Plan & Design, research data should be stored on institutionally provided storage solutions such as OneDrive and SharePoint. The university's provided storage provides
Research data should NOT be exclusively kept on computer HDD, portable HDD, USB sticks, or commercial cloud services due to
If research is conducted in the field with no internet access, reseachers should ensure their device is synchronised with data is uploaded to
As has been discussed in detail in 'Collect & Create', it is important to organise, document and describe the data and files that are created. This includes
Active data should also be saved using standard non-proprietary file formats.
Original raw data should be kept separate from processed or analysed data and never overwritten.