Packaging Data using RO-Crate

This lesson is intended to teach users how to use RO-Crate (Research Object Crates) for packaging research data.

Prerequisites

Files and folder organization and using an editor/IDE

Familiarity with JSON file format

Target Audience

This tutorial targets researchers and infrastructure managers who are producing file-based datasets. The audience will learn the method RO-Crate for publishing such datasets using a pragmatic approach to structure and provide FAIR metadata.

Learning Objectives

Construct an RO-Crate by hand using JSON
Describe each part of the Research Object
Learn basic JSON-LD to create FAIR metadata
Connect different parts of the Research Object using identifiers

Schedule

	Setup	Download files required for the lesson
00:00	1. Introduction	How do I package data in a FAIR way? How can I list the authors of individual files? Can I use multiple licenses in the same data package? How can I visualize JSON-LD metadata?
00:17	2. Turning a folder into an RO-Crate	How can I start a new RO-Crate?
00:24	3. Making a metadata descriptor	Which RO-Crate version is used? How can the crate self-identify as an RO-Crate?
00:28	4. Declaring the root folder	What is the root folder?
00:31	5. Describing the root entity	How can I describe the crate? How do I specify the license of the RO-Crate?
00:39	6. Adding cross-references	How can I describe an entity further? How can I cross-reference different entities?
00:46	7. Data entities	How do I describe the files in my RO-Crate?
00:50	8. Contextual entities	How can I describe things in the world? How can I give details about licenses?
00:54	9. Authorship in crates	How can I list who made the content of the crate? How do I affiliate a person with their place of work?
01:00	10. Validating JSON-LD	How can I validate the JSON-LD?
01:06	11. Converting JSON-LD to triples	How can I generate RDF triples from an RO-Crate?
01:09	12. Visualizing a crate as HTML preview	How can an RO-Crate be rendered without showing the JSON? How can I generate a preview of the RO-Crate?
01:15	13. Completed RO-Crate	What should the final RO-Crate look like?
01:16	14. Next steps	What else can I do with RO-Crate?
01:17	Finish

The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.