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Registries of Research Data Repositories
| Registry |
|---|
| Description | Notes |
|---|---|
| Re3Data |
| Registry of research data repositories | Started from Databib |
Metadata is too general for search; precision is horrible; not based on natural language | ||
| Biosharing.org | Registry of databases and policies for life/environmental/bio sciences | Schema based on BioDBCore: |
http://biocuration.org/community/standards-biodbcore/ Data is not available, but will be. |
| Cinergi |
| Used | ||
| OpenAIRE | ||
| LA Referencia |
There are (at least) two major registries of research data repositories. Publishers and funding agencies often direct researchers to search for repositories using these tools:
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Researchers with data and they don't know where to put it, for various reasons.
| User | Situation |
|---|---|
| No community repository | The researcher is in a community without a repository |
| Doesn't fit neatly | A researcher is becoming interdisciplinary, moving to a new discpline, or has data they think might be useful for other disciplines |
| Novice/lazy | New research not aware of existing resources (note, most advice would come from social media, conferences, training) |
What are their motivations?
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