TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The road to success: drawing parallels between 'road' and 'research data' infrastructures to foster understanding between service providers, funders and policymakers
JO  - F1000Research
A1  - Hooft, Rob W. W.
A1  - Harrison, Elaine
A1  - Martin, Corinne S.
SP  - ELIXIR
EP  - 88
VL  - 12
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: The work of data research infrastructure operators is poorly understood, yet the services they provide are used by millions of scientists across the planet. Policy and implications: As the data services and the underlying infrastructure are typically funded through the public purse, it is essential that policymakers, research funders, experts reviewing funding proposals, and possibly even end-users are equipped with a good understanding of the daily tasks of service providers.     Recommendations: We suggest drawing parallels between research data infrastructure and road infrastructure. To trigger the imagination and foster understanding, this policy brief contains a table of corresponding aspects of the two classes of infrastructure, and a table of policy implications. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Just as economists and specialist evaluators are typically brought in to inform policies and funding decisions for road infrastructure, we encourage this to also be done for research infrastructures.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2046-1402
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.128167.2
ID  - ref1
ER  -