Resource Directory

The CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG) is designed by European experts to help social science researchers make their research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR). This is the online version of the DMEG.

The Data Archiving Guide (DAG) is designed to provide new employees at social science data archives with a general understanding of the work a data archive performs.

In this report, experts from library, research, and scientific communities provide key recommendations for effective data practices to support a more open research ecosystem. The recommendations are based on information and insights shared during a December 2019 invitational conference convened b...

This document is a technical Recommended Practice for use in developing a broader consensus on what is required for an archive to provide permanent, or indefinite Long Term, preservation of digital information. This Recommended Practice establishes a common framework of terms and concepts which m...

This is a recording of a CESSDA workshop on the Data Archiving Guide (DAG). The DAG (https://dag.cessda.eu/) is designed to support the work of employees of data repositories by providing a general understanding of the full range of activities a data repository performs.

This Glossary of Terms supports the CoreTrustSeal Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements 2020–2022: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3638211

The research data management terminology formerly stewarded by CASRAI is now managed by CODATA. The terminology is reviewed via a lightweight and pragmatic process on an annual basis, drawing on the expertise of a voluntary expert Working Group.

The PID Forum is a global information and discussion platform for persistent identifiers (PIDs), which brings together the various communities working with PIDs in the research world. It’s a virtual place for sharing best practices, announcing events, asking questions, and having discussions abou...

Tool for searching for repositories via keywords.