Resource Directory

APIS' explanation to depositors on how data should be prepared and documented.

A curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards, inter-related to databases and data policies intended for various audience.

User guide for SODHA's Dataverse platform. Because Dataverse is a free, open source Web application, the guide can be interesting for data archives considering the choice of Dataverse for their online platform. Texts were kept as short as possible and illustrated with many screenshots to point us...

A short video about Reusability and the GDPR: Archiving your data with DANS by Emilie Kraaikamp (DANS Advisor for legal affairs). In this video, Emilie discusses the practical aspects of sharing personal research data.

In this video Marjan Grootveld (DANS) tells more about Open and FAIR research data.

The Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving is aimed at those engaged in the cycle of research, from applying for a research grant, through the data collection phase, and ultimately to preparation of the data for deposit in a public archive. The Guide is a compilation of best pract...

This specific guide sheds light on the various fields of the SODHA platform, which is a Dataverse installation. It provides additional explanation and examples for most fields of the software.

This policy presents the few criteria upon which SODHA administrators decide to publish or not to publish a dataset that was submitted for review. It first gives a quick overview of the criteria, so that potential depositors can quickly know whether SODHA is the right repository for them or not;...

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

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...