Other repositories
Other data repositories than DataverseNL may be more suitable for your research data, scripts or software, depending on external collaborations or the need for a subject-specific data repository that provides typical features required in your field.
Main criteria when choosing a repository
The DCC applies six main criteria when recommending repositories:
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Its clarity about the responsible organisation(s) and their longevity
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Whether it supports the FAIR principles
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Its transparency in terms of use, terms of access, preservation of metadata and files, as well as ownership and rights
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Its user support
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It is preferably based in the European Economic Area (EEA)
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That the metadata of high quality can reliably be imported into Pure
Recommended repositories
The following selection of repositories is well used by researchers of the University of Groningen and meets the criteria mentioned above. Support by the DCC on the use and curation of archived and published data in these repositories is limited to advice, as the DCC does not hold administrator roles and rights to these repositories. DataverseNL is included in the list only for comparison.
General purpose repositories or archives
General purpose repositories or archives
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Repository
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Governance
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Information link
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Applied metadata standards
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DANS, Netherlands
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OpenAIRE, DataCite 4, Dublin Core
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4TU.Federation, Netherlands
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OpenAIRE, DataCite
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CERN, Switzerland
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OpenAIRE, DataCite
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DataverseNL Netwerk, DANS, University of Groningen
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OpenAIRE, DataCite
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Subject specific repositories
Subject specific repositories
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Structural Chemistry Data, Software, and Insights
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CCDC UK, United Kingdom
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Crystallographic Information Framework, Dublin Core
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Mainly life sciences
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U.S. Internal Revenue Service, USA
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Dublin Core, DataCite
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High Energy Physics
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CERN, Switzerland
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OpenAIRE and subject specific formats
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Observations in atmosphere, oceans and ecosystems
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ICOS ERIC, Finland
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INSPIRE metadata standard, based on ISO 19115
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Spoken and sign language materials
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Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Dublin Core with specific metadata fields for linguistic research
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Life Sciences, Animal Tracking data
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research and the University of Konstanz
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Dublin Core with specific Movebank reference data
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Earth & Environmental Sciences
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University of Bremen, Germany
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DataCite
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Astronomy
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Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, France
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Standards for Astronomical Catalogues
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The DCC reviews these recommendations annually as the archiving and publishing landscape evolves.
If none of the repositories presented is the right fit for you, Re3data.org provides an overview of repositories from all over the world on a wide variety of subjects.