Research data management with DataLad

Use DataLad to manage and version control your data.

Topics

DataLad is a free and open source distributed data management system that keeps track of data, facilitates reproducibility & collaboration, and integrates with widely used infrastructure.

Target audience

Researchers at any level. First experience with the command-line and plain-text files, e.g., Markdown is beneficial but not required.

Course format

1-day hands-on workshop with live code-along demonstrations, interactive discussions, online quizzes and exercises.

Key learning objective

Implementing core concepts of good research data management: version control of code + data, provenance capture, effective managing of data analysis, publication, collaboration.