H–SEARCHHeritage Science Elastic Archives

Work package Y

Responsible stewardship from the start

Implement the data management plan, secure the research data and establish reviewed guidelines for sensitive information.

Purpose and approach

Intervention dossiers combine scientific evidence with correspondence and administrative records. Responsible access requires understanding those distinctions and setting out how sensitive material is handled before dissemination.

Tasks & planned deliverables

Month numbers are relative to the proposed project start. They do not indicate confirmed completion dates.

Task Y.1 · Months 1–27

Maintain the data management plan

Monitor research data management practices, verify their implementation and update the data management plan when needed.

Task lead: Stephanie Buyle

Planned deliverables

  • D.Y.1.1
    Revised data management planMonth 3
  • D.Y.1.2
    Final data management planMonth 27

Task Y.2 · Months 1–3

Implement backup policies

Establish a secure backup strategy for both existing data and data generated during H-SEARCH.

Task lead: Edwin De Roock

Task Y.3 · Months 4–12

Address GDPR-sensitive information

Develop guidelines for handling personal and other sensitive information in intervention dossiers during archival processing. The proposal provides for legal review of those guidelines.

Task lead: Stephanie Buyle

Planned deliverables

  • D.Y.3.1
    Guidelines for handling GDPR-sensitive informationMonth 12

How this work connects

WP.Y informs the access rules of WP.3, supports secure data handling across the project and connects with responsible science in WP.X.