Annotated Research Context

Your research put into context.

Connect your research data with the context that identifies it, explains how it was produced, and makes its meaning clear. ARC supports your work as it evolves and connects it to publication and reuse.

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Workspace

Data and metadata can evolve together in an iterative RDM cycle. Shape your workspace around your domain’s tools, formats, and working practices.

ARC Workspace

Research data Measurements, files, and research outputs
Administrative Metadata Identity, contributors, and rights
Provenance Metadata Processes, inputs, and outputs
Semantic Metadata Meaning, units, and vocabulary

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Publication space

Your workspace is packaged as a FAIR Digital Object. ARC RO-Crate provides a common harmonizing publication layer that supports domain-specific descriptions.

ARC RO-Crate

Persistent identifiers

Domain-specific profiles

Administrative Core Profile Provenance Core Profile Semantic Core Profile

Research data

In the community

Research on DataHUB

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Figures from DataPLANT's public DataHUB instance. See here for a list of other DataHUB instances.

01For the research community

Good research starts with context.

Keep the details that make your research understandable. Use a workspace suited to your research and build its context as your work evolves.

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02For RDM specialists & developers

A foundation you can build on.

Connect research across tools and systems. Understand the model, work with open representations, and integrate ARC into your infrastructure.

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