README file
[AlmaDL - University of Bologna’s Digital Library Management and Development Unit 
README File .rtf template, December 2025. 
For inquiries and support contact almadl@unibo.it 
Please remove the parts in grey before depositing your dataset.]
Dataset Title: [Choose a title in natural language, as specificed in the DMP, if available. The Dataset title must be unique and different from the title of the paper which the dataset supplements]
Dataset Author/s: [Please add one author per line, including affiliations and ORCID. You can register an ORCID at https://orcid.org]
•	[Name Surname (Affiliation), ORCID;]
•	[Add one or more creators, if present]
Data Set Contributor/s: [Add one or more contributors, if present. Otherwise, remove this section]
•	[Name Surname (Affiliation), ORCID (if available);]
•	[Add one or more contributors, if present]
Data Set Contact Person/s: [Add one or more contact person]
•	[Name Surname, (Affiliation), ORCID (if available), email;]
•	[Add one or more contact persons, if present]
Data Set License:
This data set is distributed under a [INSERT LICENSE]
[Insert the chosen license as indicated in the DMP (if available): e.g. “this data set is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/”.  Please when choosing a license check if you are subject to any constraints - for example third-party rights such as intellectual property rights or privacy, contractual clauses signed with funding bodies, confidentiality agreements, etc. - that requires the adoption of a specific license]
Publication Year: [insert YEAR]
Project Info: [MANDATORY IF APPLICABLE. Example for a Horizon Europe project. <Project Acronym>, <Project full title>, funded by European Union, Horizon Europe Programme. Grant Agreement num. <Grant Agreement Number>; <Link to project website>, <link to doi of the project as stated in the CORDIS website>.
Data set Contents
[List the files that compose the dataset and their name and format. For a guide for file naming, follow this link https://sba.unibo.it/it/allegati/allegati-almadl/file-naming-conventions].
Suggested structure of the filename:
“<PROJECT ACRONYM>_<WP number>_<Task number>_<Concise file name>_<YYYYMMDD>_<version>.<format>”
Do not include spaces or special characters such as <, >, :, “, /, , |, ?, and *
If you are depositing the underlying data of a paper, please avoid naming the files using the paper references to the figure and tables presenting the data (e.g. 'figure 1, 2, ...).
Use non-proprietary, open file formats, such as:
•	.txt, .odt, .rtf for textual, qualitative data
•	.csv for tabular, quantitative data
•	.zip, .tar, .7z for compressed files and folders (avoid .rar)
Widespread, proprietary formats such as .docx and .xlsx are tolerated.
For datasets made of many files, please upload a compressed file. The readme file can be either inside or outside of the compressed file.
EXAMPLE:]
The dataset consists of:
•	e.g. 1 text file saved in .rtf format
o	e.g. PROJECTxyz_WP1_T1-2_FocusGroups_20181108_v01.rtf
•	e.g. 1 tabular file saved in .csv format
o	e.g. PROJECTxyz_WP1_T1-2_ FocusGroups_20181108_v01.csv
•	1 README file
o	e.g. PROJECTxyz _WP1 _T1-2 _FocusGroups_20181108_v01_README.docx
Abstract
[Insert a brief abstract describing the content of the dataset. Please remember, if you are depositing the underlying data of a paper the abstract should differ from the abstract of the paper and be focused on describing the data]
Content of the files:
[Provide a brief description of the content of the file/s. This is an example of how you could start]
•	file [Insert filename] contains […]
•	file [Insert filename] contains […]
•	file […]
File specifications
[OPTIONAL: Provide useful info regarding file formats, conversion, etc.
Please indicate instructions and technical information to allow users to correctly visualize and reuse your data (e.g. software used to open or convert files, etc.).
Text files might include information on character encoding.
.csv files should include information on character encoding, field delimiter and text delimiter. For instance:]
e.g. .csv files were created using the following specifications:
•	Character set UTF-8 [or Western (Windows 1252), Western (ISO 8859-1), etc.]
•	Field delimiter: comma (,)
•	Text delimiter: double quotes (")
Data sources
[OPTIONAL: what are the data sources for this dataset?]
Methodology
[OPTIONAL: insert information on data collection and data processing necessary to understand how to reuse data. If you are depositing the underlying data of a paper, please remember that a dataset and its associated publication are two distinct objects: the dataset documentation should include a minimum of the methodology elements needed to understand the data independently without necessarily having to consult the related publication. This is important, especially in cases where the publication is not open access but rather traditionally published and accessible only to subscribers.]
List of variables
[OPTIONAL: insert an explanation of the variable and their units of measure, if not already specified in data]
Notes
[OPTIONAL: further information related to the dataset]