Open Data - Getting Started

Short definition: Open Data are freely available for anyone to access for reuse and redistribution.
Open Definition

Open data should also be FAIR

"FAIR data principles" by SangyaPundir is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0

​Start planning now. Use this guide throughout the life-cycle of your research to discover open data help resources:

• Learn
• Plan
• Use Best Practices
• Share & Archive

From Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). (2012). Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving: Best Practice Throughout the Data Life Cycle (5th ed.). Ann Arbor, MI.