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This document describes some of the common data processing checks, techniques and procedures undertaken during the ingest processing of quantitative data collections at the UK Data Archive. Since the bulk of quantitative data acquired by the Archive remains social survey data or similar, the guid...

This document covers the ingest processing of qualitative data collections archived at the UK Data Archive. It does not cover quantitative ingest processing, which is covered in the document Quantitative Data Ingest Processing Procedures. However, where mixed-method data collections contain both...

This document is a brief but comprehensive overview of the main stages of data ingest processing undertaken on studies/data collections acquired by the UK Data Archive. It is intended as an introductory guide for new Ingest Services staff. New staff will normally undertake ingest processing work...

AUSSDA provides this manual to guide AUSSDA accredited self-depositors through the self-deposit process. The manual offers guidance on the entire deposit process and provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how data and documentation material need to be prepared in order to be ready for the...

Data/metadata processing and format conversion tool.

The Recommendations on certifying services required to enable FAIR within EOSC document contains an analysis of activities relevant to certification of the services required to enable FAIR research outputs within EOSC as of November 2020. It discusses incentivisation and support, offers an analys...

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

File Checksum Tool is a free application that calculates and verifies MD5, SHA-1, HAVAL, MD2, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 hash values from any file. A tool to create checksum (SHA-1) of data files that are included in the DIP. This allows data users who downloads the files to verify the Hash and...

FSD has developed different batch files: - TarkastaXML checks that metadata and variable files are valid DDI; - Koodikirjoitin creates pdf codebooks based on metadata and variable files; - Updatemeta runs certain automatic updates to metadata files; - Datakesken disables write protection from the...

NSD's internal data processing platform.