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The Data Archiving Guide (DAG) is designed to provide new employees at social science data archives with a general understanding of the work a data archive performs.

In this report, experts from library, research, and scientific communities provide key recommendations for effective data practices to support a more open research ecosystem. The recommendations are based on information and insights shared during a December 2019 invitational conference convened b...

This document is a technical Recommended Practice for use in developing a broader consensus on what is required for an archive to provide permanent, or indefinite Long Term, preservation of digital information. This Recommended Practice establishes a common framework of terms and concepts which m...

This is a recording of a CESSDA workshop on the Data Archiving Guide (DAG). The DAG (https://dag.cessda.eu/) is designed to support the work of employees of data repositories by providing a general understanding of the full range of activities a data repository performs.

This Glossary of Terms supports the CoreTrustSeal Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements 2020–2022: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3638211

The research data management terminology formerly stewarded by CASRAI is now managed by CODATA. The terminology is reviewed via a lightweight and pragmatic process on an annual basis, drawing on the expertise of a voluntary expert Working Group.

The PID Forum is a global information and discussion platform for persistent identifiers (PIDs), which brings together the various communities working with PIDs in the research world. It’s a virtual place for sharing best practices, announcing events, asking questions, and having discussions abou...

Tool for searching for repositories via keywords.

Following a year-long public discussion and building on existing community consensus1, several stakeholders, representing various segments of the digital repository community, have collaboratively developed and endorsed a set of guiding principles to demonstrate digital repository trustworthiness...