[open-science] Fwd: re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories launched

Tue May 28 14:10:00 UTC 2013

Want to know about the different types of research data repositories that
are out there, and what features they have?

re3data.org - a Registry of Research Data Repositories launched

It looks quite interesting if you're into data...

I'd also recommend this fairly new Jisc mailing this that I've cross-posted
this from if you haven't seen it before. It's completely dedicated to
discussion of research data publication (and issues around this):
DATA-PUBLICATION at jiscmail.ac.uk

Ross

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From: Heinz Pampel <heinz.pampel at oa.helmholtz.de>
Date: 28 May 2013 14:28
Subject: re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories launched
To: DATA-PUBLICATION at jiscmail.ac.uk

re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories launched

An increasing number of universities and research organisations are
starting to build research data repositories to allow permanent access in a
trustworthy environment to data sets resulting from research at their
institutions. Due to varying disciplinary requirements, the landscape of
research data repositories is very heterogeneous. This makes it difficult
for researchers, funding bodies, publishers, and scholarly institutions to
select an appropriate repository for storage of research data or to search
for data.

The re3data.org registry allows the easy identification of appropriate
research data repositories, both for data producers and users. The registry
covers research data repositories from all academic disciplines.
Information icons display the principal attributes of a repository,
allowing users to identify the functionalities and qualities of a data
repository. These attributes can be used for multi-faceted searches, for
instance to find a repository for geoscience data using a Creative Commons
licence.

By April 2013, 338 research data repositories were indexed in re3data.org.
171 of these are described by a comprehensive vocabulary, which was
developed by involving the data repository community (http://doi.org/kv3).

The re3data.org search at can be found at: http://www.re3data.org
The information icons are explained at: http://www.re3data.org/faq

Repository operators can suggest their infrastructures to be listed
inre3data.org via a simple application form:
http://www.re3data.org/suggestThe re3data.org team reviews and then lists
the proposed repositories in the registry. A repository is indexed when the
minimum requirements are met, i.e. mode of access to the data and
repository, as well as the terms of use must be clearly explained on the
repository pages.

re3data.org is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Project
partners inre3data.org are the Library and Information Services (LIS) of
the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, the Berlin School of
Library and Information Science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and
the KIT Library at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
re3data.orgcooperates with the German Initiative for Network
Information (DINI). The
three partners with their expertise in information infrastructures
guarantee the sustainability of the registry in the future.

Detailed information can be found in the following PeerJ preprint:
http://doi.org/mnn

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Heinz Pampel

Helmholtz Association
Helmholtz Open Access Coordination Office

re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Library of the Albert Einstein Science Park
Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam
Tel: + 49 (0) 331-288 1948
E-Mail: pampel at gfz-potsdam.de
Web: http://oa.helmholtz.de | http://www.re3data.org
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