In a highly digitalized world, openly accessible scientific data becomes of utmost importance. It ensures that scientific results can be accessed without restriction to understand historical trends, gain further insights by utilizing new computational tools, and avoid repeating costly experiments. This article discusses the relevant components that should be included when scientific data are made open-access or archived for their future reutilization. The discussion will focus on the field of experimental catalysis as a case study where the challenge consists of setting up a data management system being able to handle multiple raw data files/formats from different laboratory instruments. The discussion addresses how data are handled and what actions are taken to ensure that its processing workflow remains transparent and interoperable. It highlights the importance of making each of the data management workflow component openly available including raw, processed data, metadata, and the processing codes.