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EOSC Symposium 2025

3–5 Nov 2025
Hotel Le Plaza Brussels
Europe/Brussels timezone

Session

Breakout 3: Long-term Data Retention

4 Nov 2025, 14:30
Versailles Room

Versailles Room

Description

Chair: Roxanne Wyns (Director, EOSC Association)

  • Clarification of key concepts: A shared understanding of how "long-term" data retention and preservation are defined across different domains and contexts, while identifying common challenges and guiding principles.
  • Domain-specific insights: Gain valuable perspectives on how various domains address the challenges of ensuring data accessibility, usability, and trustworthiness over time.
  • Actionable recommendations: Identification of concrete steps for EOSC stakeholders to enhance and harmonise long-term data retention strategies, with a focus on the identification, selection, and appraisal of data.

Presentation materials

Session teaser
  1. 47. Welcome by the Chair
    Roxanne Wyns (Director, EOSC Association)
    04/11/2025, 14:30
  2. 48. Towards Understanding Identification, Selection and Appraisal in Contemporary Digital Preservation Practice
    Maria Benauer (Preservation Process Analyst, TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology)
    04/11/2025, 14:35
  3. 49. #1 Presentation on Domain-specific Approaches to Identification, Selection, Appraisal and Preservation
    Tuomas J. Alaterä (Head of User Services and Data Processing, Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD))
    04/11/2025, 14:45
  4. 50. #2 Presentation on Domain-specific Approaches to Identification, Selection, Appraisal and Preservation
    Frédérique Gros (Data Documentation and Distribution Specialist at IR* Progedo, French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS))
    04/11/2025, 14:55
  5. 51. Panel Discussion
    04/11/2025, 15:05

    Moderator: Roxanne Wyns (Director, EOSC Association)
    Panellists:

    • Maria Benauer (Preservation Process Analyst, TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology)
    • Tuomas J. Alaterä (Head of User Services and Data Processing, Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD))
    • Frédérique Gros (Data Documentation and Distribution Specialist at IR* Progedo, CNRS)
    • Jacques...
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  6. 52. Wrap-up by the Chair
    Roxanne Wyns (Director, EOSC Association)
    04/11/2025, 15:40
  7. 11. Panel Discussion
  8. 10. Presentations on domain specific approaches to identification, selection, appraisal and preservation
    Iolanda Maggio, Tuomas Alaterä
    • Finnish Social Science Data Archive
    • Earth Science Data: quality, reuse, curation
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  9. 9. Towards understanding identification, selection and appraisal in contemporary digital preservation practice
    Micky Lindlar

    This presentation offers a global overview of current digital preservation practices, with a particular focus on how institutions identify, select, and appraise data for long-term preservation. We will explore a developing framework within the EOSC EDEN project that guides the identification of preservation-worthy data based on criteria such as usage, benefit, and quality.
    To foster...

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  10. 8. Welcome to the session
    Session chair

    Introducing the agenda and speakers, the panel and interactive discussion

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  11. 12. Wrap-up
    Session chair
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