Summary and Schedule

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 a text editor or IDE such as Visual Studio Code
• 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

	Setup Instructions	Download files required for the lesson
Duration: 00h 00m	1. Introduction	How do I package data in a FAIR way? How does an RO-Crate identify and describe its contents? What is the difference between data entities and context entities? What is the role of JSON-LD in RO-Crate? How can I list the authors of individual files? How can I validate and visualize RO-Crate metadata? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 17m	2. Turning a folder into an RO-Crate	How can I start a new RO-Crate? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 24m	3. Declaring the root folder	What is the root folder? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 27m	4. Describing the root entity	How can I describe the crate? How do I specify the license of the RO-Crate? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 35m	5. Making a metadata descriptor	Which RO-Crate version is used? How can the crate self-identify as an RO-Crate? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 39m	6. Adding cross-references	How can I describe an entity further? How can I cross-reference different entities? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 46m	7. Data entities	How do I describe the data files in my RO-Crate? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 50m	8. Contextual entities	How can I describe contextual information about how data was created? How can I represent an instrument used to generate a data file? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 00h 54m	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? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 01h 00m	10. Validating JSON-LD	How can I validate the JSON-LD? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 01h 06m	11. Converting JSON-LD to triples	How can I generate RDF triples from an RO-Crate? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 01h 09m	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? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 01h 15m	13. Completed RO-Crate	What should the final RO-Crate look like? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 01h 16m	14. Avoiding Common pitfalls	What are common mistakes to avoid when authoring RO-Crate packages? How can I troubleshoot errors in the metadata file? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 01h 22m	15. Next steps	What else can I do with RO-Crate? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Duration: 01h 23m	Finish

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

You do not need to install any software to follow this tutorial.