Research Data Management in Metrology

RDM --> Metrology

Like each discipline, metrological research is subject to regulations by the host institutions, by the discipline community and by the research funders.

All research groups manage their data according to own habits. Yet there is a growing pressure to improve and harmonise this practice, in order to forster the exchange of information and the reuse of data also outside their original context.

The primary aim of our initiative is to offer support to metrology researchers in performing the main RDM tasks (planning, organisation and documentation, storage/archiving/publication).

Metrology --> RDM

"Metrology is the science of measurement, embracing both experimental and theoretical determinations at any level of uncertainty in any field of science and technology" – BIPM

• Establishes a common understanding of measurement quantities and units
• Ensures stable, comparable, coherent and traceable measurement results
• Provides confidence in measurement at a stated level (usually described by a measurement uncertainty)

The regulations and standards defined by metrology guarantee a high quality, traceability and trustfulness of measurements and their results.

Besides that, metrology provides precise instructions for the reporting of numerical information which guarantee their univocal interpretability by humans and machines.

We see a part of our mission to diffuse this knowledge within ongoing initiatives on reaearch data management, to contribute to the definition of good practices.