Merge pull request #61 from DE-RSE/RSE-FDM-person-similarities

rewrite FDM-RDM group interplay

Author: dokempf

paper.tex

@@ -352,9 +352,11 @@ \subsection{Create a Network of Institutional Partners}
 At the same time, through collaboration with the Library, the RSE group can address the first two letters of FAIR: Findability and Accessibility.
 
 Topics of RSE and RDM do have noticeable similarities.
-While software management often requires different solutions than that of data, collaboration between an RSE department and an FDM department will in practice be really close.
-In contrast to most other organisations mentioned within this section,
-the requirements on their respective members and members of an RSE group are so similar that organisations might consider focus on one merged RSE \& RDM department.
+While software often does require different solutions than data, collaboration between an RSE department and an FDM department will in practice be really close.
+The main reasons for that are that both provide services that are inherently research-oriented and that both deal with the digital side of research.
+Requests by researchers in that direction often touch both aspects, RSE and RDM.
+Thus, often a close collaboration between RSE and FDM groups helps everyone: both RSE and RDM groups by being able to offer a more comprehensive service than when working alone, as well as the researcher, who benefits from receiving this single coordinated service, instead of dealing with two independent entities.
+The question whether RSE and RDM should be located in two separate groups or should be combined in one common group is intentionally left open, as the answer depends on local, pre-existing circumstances.
 
 \subsection{RSE Infrastructure Provisioning}
 \label{sec:infrastructure}