Roles

A compliance officer ensures that various research outputs conform to either policy or legal requirements in research, and here may either be judging the suitability of RO-crates for use in their research/development context, or else ensuring outputs conform to those regulations. And profiles or schemas for consistency.

A data analyst will, on a routine basis, be charged with data wrangling, checking consistency of data, and for the analytic process by which is it appraised or evaluated, including using the data with various tools, applying specific algorithms, etc. In this context, an analyst may consider packing inputs or outputs from their routine work as RO-crates, perhaps for archiving or for sharing.

A data steward is responsible for all data in the various data life cycle stages. In this context, RO-crate may be a solution at various stages of the data life cycle.

An information architect is responsible for designing and possibly implementing new infrastructure and information solutions that fit with existing infrastructure and initiatives.

A manager will operate at a higher strategic level, and may not necessarily want the deep technical / implementation details around RO-crates. A higher level view of RO-crates in a wider context is required.

Besides managing a repository and associated services, systems and support, a repository manager will promote the discoverability, visibility and accessibility of the repository content, and ensure they are accurate, up-to-date and comply with institutional/community standards.

A researcher is concerned with their own research interests, which may use a wide variety of tools, software, data, etc. In this context, a researcher may also partly have a developer role, and may be looking into whether RO-crates can fill any need in their work.

Software developers develop software systems, and this is their day-to-day work. They may not necessarily be involved in the design, nor in ongoing maintenance. Software engineers will also be involved in the design, and possibly less in the implementation. Research software engineers would be involved in all stages, and likely subsequent maintenance. RO-crates may provide a solution for integration/archiving/distribution in various development steps.

A trainer is responsible for encouraging and guiding researchers and scientists in effectively managing their data. In this context, a trainer may develop and/or deliver training material which includes RO-Crate as a topic.