Resource Directory

These webpages provide information on data mangement for researchers offering an overview on: the principles for open access to research data; data management; and ethical and legal conditions.

Dataverse is an open-source web-based application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. The central idea behind Dataverse is to automate much of the job of the professional archivist, and to provide services for and to distribute credit to the data creator.

This webpage explains the UK Data Service's security philosophy called the Five Safes Framework. It introduces and explains the set of principles which enable data services to provide safe access to data for research, meeting the needs of data protection, but also fulfilling the demands of open s...

This document covers the policy relating to data access for the UK Data Service, across all UK Data Service sites and access points. It does not cover access criteria relating to other UK Data Archive projects.

This Archive Training Manual summarises the core processes and documentation that underpin a trusted digital repository. The manual links to a range of UK Data Archive documentation, as well as the documentation related to the processes at selected European data archives. Archive Training Manual...