{"id":77,"date":"2025-10-12T02:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=77"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:04:32","slug":"principles-of-research-data-management","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/principles-of-research-data-management\/","title":{"raw":"Principles of Research Data Management","rendered":"Principles of Research Data Management"},"content":{"raw":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/activity-1-1-reflection\/\">Previous Lesson<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><img class=\"wp-image-704 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1153\" height=\"619\" \/><\/h4>\r\n<h4>Lesson 5 of 18<\/h4>\r\n<h3>There are several sets of principles and guidance that underlie recommendations of best practice for RDM. This section outlines the FAIR, CARE, and OCAP\u00ae principles.<\/h3>\r\nHowever, it is also important to note that other bodies (e.g., institutions, funders, publishers) may adopt statements of principles or recommendations that are not formal policies, but that nevertheless emphasize the importance of RDM as good research practice. These principles relate to the ethics and rigour of research, and they emphasize the importance of transparency and reproducibility.\r\n\r\nThe principles discussed in this lesson are not a list of checkboxes that can be simply completed. The application of these principles is contingent upon individual research projects and their contexts. These statements of principle highlight values in research culture that underlie what is currently considered good practice.\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/the-fair-principles\/\">Next Lesson<\/a><\/h4>","rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/activity-1-1-reflection\/\">Previous Lesson<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-704 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1153\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-1536x825.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-65x35.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-225x121.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled-350x188.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/10\/Untitled.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1153px) 100vw, 1153px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Lesson 5 of 18<\/h4>\n<h3>There are several sets of principles and guidance that underlie recommendations of best practice for RDM. 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