Practice Abstract - Research and innovation

How to set up an effective digital knowledge reservoir platform?

To set up a digital platform that makes your project results and knowledge widely available, start with clearly defining the context, objectives, and users to be reached. During the design process, pay attention to the following points:

• Content: To be of high impact in terms of uptake of results by the users, make sure the knowledge stored on the platform is of high relevance, easily accessible, and understandable. Ensure a quality review of the content. Content and presentation should match.

• Multi-actor approach: A user-friendly interface should at best be co-designed with the end-users. Develop a prototype that can be presented to users with different profiles. Collect feedback through surveys and tests and use them to improve the platform.

• FAIR data principles: Make both data and metadata (that is, data that provide a structured description of the data on the platform) findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. A complete, detailed, and coherent metadata structure is the basis for an effective and user-friendly search function and supports users in their navigation.

• Additional channels: Focus on those communication channels that are most frequented by the users (e.g. newsletter, contact info).

• Monitoring: Use specific quantitative and qualitative indicators to evaluate the success and impact of your project results, such as the number of interactions on the platform, downloads, and comments on the content.

• Self-supporting system: Make sure resources to maintain the platform are available beyond the project lifespan.

Later, you can add new functionalities, such as a login function with personalisation and user recommendations, a contributor community with guidelines, or specific (thematic) user communities.

Source Project
EURAKNOS
Ongoing | 2019-2021
Main funding source
Horizon 2020 (EU Research and Innovation Programme)
Geographical location
Belgium
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