Case studies
Data persistence
If you publish your data online in a place that is not going to be accessible in the future, others may discover that their efforts to find, view, and reuse your data are futile.
File formats
Examples that illustrate some of the problems you might experience if you do not choose appropriate file formats for your data
File naming
Examples that illustrate some of the problems that you might experience if you do not establish appropriate naming conventions for your files
File naming done well
Example that illustrates an organized and thorough method used by one research group to name a large set of image files
Spreadsheets
Examples that illustrate a number of poor practices in spreadsheet usage and how to correct them
Basic metadata
Learn from this real-life example about different types of metadata that you might choose to generate for your project.
Advanced metadata
Learn from this real-life example about metadata creation using metadata schema, controlled vocabularies, and ontologies.
Data storage and backup
"As Dr. Srinivas watched the charred fragments of his lifetime's work crumble in a fireman's hands and fall to the ground, the scholar wept."
The details may be different, but a similar fate could be awaiting any researcher who lacks good data management practices.