NASA's Open Science 101: Project Registry

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Best Practices for a Project Registry

Module 2, Lesson 5: Additional Tools for Open Results

It is common for different types of outputs to be preserved in different places to optimize discovery and reuse. An up-to-date Project Registry provides a quick overview of all the outputs. Best practices for managing a Project Registry include:

• Create and update a Project Registry in conjunction with preserving outputs (as described above) in the form of a spreadsheet or other type of list. This can be one registry for the entire project that is updated, or a new registry for each milestone.
• Include in each registry entry a description of the object, preferred citation, and the persistent identifier (e.g., DOI), and any other useful information supporting the project. For outputs that do not have a persistent identifier, provide a URL and description.
• Preserve the Project Registry as a project component. Many funders require in their yearly reports a list of both peer-reviewed publications and all project outputs. The Project Registry can be provided to the funder during the reporting process, or used as a tracking tool to assist with completing the report.

Ideas: Need of a management system for tools used by open science projects, tools (& open portal) at the level of a project.