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AUSSDA provides this guideline to data depositors so they can prepare their datasets that will be accessible under a scientific use license.

This document contains the full text of the CoreTrustSeal Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements for 2020–2022 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3638211) with introductory paragraphs on Background & General Guidance. In addition to the CoreTrustSeal Requirements, which remain stable for the per...

These guidelines define: how CESSDA products are developed; how services powered by these products are operated; the principles used for Quality Assurance of the products; the technical infrastructure the products run on.

There is a large variety of repositories that are responsible for providing long term access to data that is used for research. As data volumes and the demands for more open access to this data increase, these repositories are coming under increasing financial pressures that can undermine their l...

Drawing on the Swiss context, this Guide illustrates key considerations in crafting a coherent anonymization strategy that is compliant with legal requirements and ethical norms. It shows how to strike the right balance between anonymization and other data protection measures, namely informed con...

The trend toward and the obligation for sharing and long-term preservation of research data is in conflict with increasingly restrictive data protection legislation and practices on personal data in Europe, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Qualitative research data, in parti...

DANS assisted, in recent years, various institutes in developing research data management policies, in both short and long-term programmes. Also, DANS pioneered the Data Seal of Approval (DSA) and has received various certificates. With this experience DANS can offer consultancy in obtaining cert...

This chapter in FSD's Data Management Guidelines is divided into the four parts: Copyright, Agreements between researchers, Agreement concerning the transfer of rights and Authorship in scientific publication and research data.

Data discovery is a crucial stage in the research process, especially in the social sciences and humanities as many valuable studies have originated from secondary data. Speakers from the Czech Social Science Data Archive (CSDA), Johana Chylíková and Martin Vávra, took participants on a tour thr...

This case study from the UK Data Service examines how the economic impact study of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) published in 2012 has been used in funding advocacy. Key lessons learnt and its relevance for other countries and archives are considered. It is intended to be used with...