Research
CASRAI standards for environmental & climate research
Environmental and climate research is data-intensive and highly collaborative: large shared datasets, long-running observational networks, satellite and sensor streams, and interdisciplinary teams are the norm. FAIR data practices and open-data mandates are widespread, and physical samples and instruments increasingly carry persistent identifiers such as IGSN. CASRAI vocabulary helps these communities describe data, samples, instruments, and contributions consistently across institutions and borders.
Global environmental and climate-science research community
What this sector cares about
Key research-administration concerns
- Managing large, shared, and long-running observational datasets
- FAIR data and open-data mandates from funders and journals
- Persistent identifiers for physical samples and instruments (IGSN)
- Contribution attribution across large interdisciplinary teams
- Data citation and provenance for reused and aggregated datasets
- Cross-border and cross-network data interoperability
Standards in play
Relevant standards beyond CASRAI
- CRediT
- ORCID
- ROR
- DataCite
- IGSN (sample identifiers)
- FAIR data principles
- RAiD
Typical actors
Who's involved
- Climate scientist
- Field researcher
- Data manager
- Observational-network coordinator
- Repository curator
- Interdisciplinary collaborator
