Data Director¶
Data Director is a reference implementation of the RDA Data Director Agentic AI Blueprint, published at https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00157.
The Blueprint followed an RDA community consultation, reported in Global Community Priorities for Agentic AI in Research. Community Consultation Results (https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00151).
Related work:
- RDA for Artificial Intelligence Cross-fertilisation Summary (RDA Secretariat, 2026), https://doi.org/10.15497/RDA00160.
- The Research Data Director: A Persona-Based Agentic AI Blueprint and Application for FAIR Research Data, Metadata, and Schema and Crosswalk Workflows (Uzwyshyn, 2026), a companion persona-based blueprint, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23670411.
The software is archived on Zenodo, and is cited as doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735878.
Alpha
The app and several agents are alpha software. Their shape will change.
Where to start¶
- User guide: run the app, run an agent and read what comes back.
- Operations guide: configure and run an instance at an institution, including the AI models it may call.
- Developer guide: set up the repository, write an agent and work on these pages.
- Reference: the contract, specifications, glossary and conformance report.
To take part without writing code, by reviewing advice, specifications or conformance, see Giving feedback.