1. Do you have a data management plan and inform your users how the data are managed at your facility? (regarding data naming, saving, transferring and long-term storage)
2. Do you give advice to your users (about data naming, transfer and storage) to make sure data are traceable, searchable and complete?  
3. Do you clearly define who (facility or user) is responsible for the long-term storage of raw data?  
4. Are the data backed up?
5. Is data naming unique and allows searchability and traceability?  
6. Your CF has a system in place allowing the identification of raw data behind a published figure.
7. Can the data get lost / orphaned?   

 

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