Introduction : Archiving research data

Notes: Resumen: Este artículo es un introducción general a la investigación sobre los datos archivísticos y lo que ha supuesto para esta profesión los avances electrónicos creando - supuestamente- una mayor transparencia de la gestión pública. En el sumario entra la discusión de nuevos conceptos como los "co-laboratorios", guarda de datos, acceso abierto y la iniciativa de OAIs, Open Archives, Archivos Abiertos, así como la preservación digital.
Resumen: This article is a general introduction into the special issue of Archival Science on "archiving research data". It summarizes the different contributions and gives an overview of the main issues in this special field of archiving. One of the leading questions is how and why research data archives differ from public record offices. In the past, the developments in these two worlds have been rather separate. There are however signs that they are converging in the digital world. In particular, this can be seen in the areas of metadata and Internet dissemination as these are strongly influenced by the rapid changes in information technology. These changes have also led to important new developments in the infrastructure of research data to which special attention is paid. New concepts such as collaboratories, data curation, Open Access and the Open Archives Initiative are discussed.