In 2018, research data was not discussed in any session of the main archival conference (Deutscher Archivtag). One year later, one presentation was held about prosopographical databases, contemporary history and GDPR-compliance.
Between 2018 and 2020, the National Research Data Infrastructure (Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur - NFDI) was established. NFDI:
In February 2020, a thematic issue of Archivar is devoted to research data archiving, making the topic accessible for many archivists. It also presents NFDI and archives involved in it, because…