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Description
The QualidataNetwork (QualidataNet) links several research data centers that archive and provide access to sensitive qualitative research data. It is part of the Consortium for Social, Behavioural, Educational and Economic Sciences (KonsortSWD) at the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) in Germany.
In 2022, we presented the project, our goals and how we plan to move forward. Many of you have supported us in the meantime. For example, we are currently in contact with the DDI Controlled Vocabularies Working Group to develop the QualiTerm controlled vocabulary to improve the findability of qualitative data.
We would like to take these efforts a step further and use the feedback and comments from the last EDDI conference and throughout the year as an opportunity to discuss the creation (or revival) of a Qualitative Data Working Group within the DDI Alliance. We would like to propose what we consider to be important aspects of applying the FAIR Data Principles to qualitative data, and to explore with you the idea of international collaboration at the DDI level. We hope to reach out to all interested persons to create a forum for discussion of issues related to the management, infrastructure and reuse of qualitative data.
