Enact: a repository created for
practice research
Delivered by a team including academic practice researchers, repositories, metadata and open standards experts.
The Enact: PR Voices and SPARKLE Phase 2 project has received UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) funding through AHRC’s Infrastructure for Digital Arts and Humanities (iDAH) programme. Grant number AH/Z000769/1
Enact Communities
Enact will include discipline based academics and researchers and those with specialist skills to enable sharing of practice research – from repository and research data managers to research managers, curators and software developers.
Capturing and preserving context and narrative of process and outputs
Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Practice Research
Creating a repository and website for making process and output content (or evidencing where appropriate), connections and the narrative and context (going beyond format) visible.
Recognising the range of contributions (and going beyond author).
Respecting ethics and intellectual property.
Enact: PR Voices and SPARKLE Phase 2 at a glance
Year 1: Establishment (2025-26)
Project blog launch, Project Board and Community Advisory Group set up, Technology Partner appointed and Enact: Core Repository build begins with participation from Pilot and Early Adopter Pathfinder projects.
Year 2: Launch and consolidation (2026-27)
Enact: Core Repository Minimum Viable Product and Enact website launch, Enact Pathfinder Challengers join and skills and training programme developed and delivered.
Year 3: Expansion (2027-28)
Additional Pathfinder projects onboarded and updated skills and training programme delivered.