read_me_first.txt for the complete thesis, to be added to the main folder:

author name:
p-number:
title of the thesis:
year of publication:
research group:
promotor(s)/co-promotor(s):
contact person:

contents of the archive: 
<list the chapters in the thesis and indicate whether a chapter has been published>
<list all files/folders and explain per folder/file what it contains>
<document any relevant info about the archive, e.g. special conditions for data accessibility, generic databases or datasets that are used in more than one chapter (no need to archive these in each chapter, just once will do), any other relevant info>

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read_me_first.txt for each chapter, to be added to each chapter folder:

If published: 
<complete reference of the published paper including doi>
<pdf of the published paper plus all supplementary material>
<if the published paper is different from the thesis chapter, then also add the data archive (or link to an existing data archive, e.g. in DataverseNL) of the publication>

Contents of the chapter: 

Data:
<list all data files/folders and explain per folder/file what it is, and if needed, how to use it>

Code:
<list all code/scripts files/folder and sexplain per folder/file what it is, and if needed, how to use it>

Documents:
<list all document files/folders and explain per folder/file what it is, and if needed, how to use it>

Software:
<list all non-standard software that is used with program/package version and explain how to obtain it (link), and if needed, how to use it>

External data:
<list all external datasets used and explain how to access them (link, contact details of a datamanager, etc)>