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General Repository Comparison

The General Repository Comparison Chart (click Reference box for full document) and FAIRsharing Collection (below) is a tool for researchers to help select the best general repository for their data or other digital objects. It is important to state that researchers should first determine if an appropriate domain repository exists for their research data. Tools such as FAIRsharing.org and re3data.org can help with this determination. If using a domain repository is not possible, then a researcher should review both the general repository chart and consider their own institutional repository as a possible location to store their data. Researchers need to comply with the requirements of their community, funder, country, publisher, and possibly others to ensure the best repository is selected. This comparison chart developed as an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse held 11-12 February 2020 (https://datascience.nih.gov/data-ecosystem/NIH-data-repository-workshop-summary). Following the workshop, representatives of the participating generalist repositories collaborated to develop a tool researchers could use to make decisions about selecting a general repository. We intend for the content to be dynamically updated through our partnership with FAIRsharing. As we work towards that goal, we currently have a static version of the comparison. To learn more about the comparison chart: https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/generalist-repository-comparison-chart-management-group

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Record updated: July 17, 2020, 12:34 a.m. by ShelleyStall.

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Edits to 'https://fairsharing.org/bsg-c000067' by 'ShelleyStall' at 22:42, 16 Jul 2020 (approved):

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Edits to 'https://fairsharing.org/bsg-c000067' by 'ShelleyStall' at 22:45, 16 Jul 2020 (approved):

	'description' has been modified:
		Before: The General Repository Comparison Chart and FAIRsharing Collection (https://fairsharing.org/collection/GeneralRepositoryComparison) is an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse held 11-12 February 2020 (link).  Following the workshop, representatives of the participating generalist repositories collaborated to develop a tool researchers could use to make decisions about selecting a general repository. We intend for the content to be dynamically updated through our partnership with FAIRsharing.  As we work towards that goal, we currently have a static version of the comparison.  

It is important to state that researchers should first determine if an appropriate domain repository exists for their research data.  Tools such as FAIRsharing.org and re3data.org can help with this determination. If using a domain repository is not possible, then a researcher should review both the general repository chart and consider their own institutional repository as a possible location to store their data.  Researchers need to comply with the requirements of their community, funder, country, publisher, and possibly others to ensure the best repository is selected. 


For those interested in continuing the discussion on the role of generalist repositories to enhance data discoverability and reuse, please consider joining the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and particularly the joint RDA/Force11 FAIRsharing WG (https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/fairsharing-registry-connecting-data-policies-standards-databases.html).  There is now an RDA Community to support conversation and a mailing list you join (https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/generalist-repository-comparison-chart-management-group).    Co-chairs of the ?NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse?
Maryann Martone, University of California San Diego
Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union
NIH/NLM meeting team for the ?NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse?
Lisa Federer
Jennie Larkin
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran
Erin Walker
Maryam Zaringhalam
General Repository Representatives
Dataverse
Merc? Crosas
Julian Gautier
Dryad, California Digital Library
Daniella Lowenberg
Figshare
Mark Hahnel
Ana Van Gulick
Mendley Data
Alberto Zigoni
OSF
Nici Pfeiffer
Vivli
Ida Sim
Julie Wood
Zenodo
Tim Smith
		After: The General Repository Comparison Chart and FAIRsharing Collection is an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse held 11-12 February 2020 (https://datascience.nih.gov/data-ecosystem/NIH-data-repository-workshop-summary).   
It is important to state that researchers should first determine if an appropriate domain repository exists for their research data.  
Maryann Martone, University of California San Diego
Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union

Edits to 'https://fairsharing.org/bsg-c000067' by 'ShelleyStall' at 00:34, 17 Jul 2020 (approved):

	'description' has been modified:
		Before: The General Repository Comparison Chart and FAIRsharing Collection is an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse held 11-12 February 2020 (https://datascience.nih.gov/data-ecosystem/NIH-data-repository-workshop-summary).   
It is important to state that researchers should first determine if an appropriate domain repository exists for their research data.  
Maryann Martone, University of California San Diego
Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union

		After: The General Repository Comparison Chart (click Reference box for full document) and FAIRsharing Collection (below) is a tool for researchers to help select the best general repository for their data or other digital objects. 
It is important to state that researchers should first determine if an appropriate domain repository exists for their research data.  Tools such as FAIRsharing.org and re3data.org can help with this determination. If using a domain repository is not possible, then a researcher should review both the general repository chart and consider their own institutional repository as a possible location to store their data.  Researchers need to comply with the requirements of their community, funder, country, publisher, and possibly others to ensure the best repository is selected. 
This comparison chart developed as an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse held 11-12 February 2020 (https://datascience.nih.gov/data-ecosystem/NIH-data-repository-workshop-summary).  Following the workshop, representatives of the participating generalist repositories collaborated to develop a tool researchers could use to make decisions about selecting a general repository. We intend for the content to be dynamically updated through our partnership with FAIRsharing.  As we work towards that goal, we currently have a static version of the comparison.  
To learn more about the comparison chart: https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/generalist-repository-comparison-chart-management-group

Edits to 'https://fairsharing.org/bsg-c000067' by 'ShelleyStall' at 22:40, 16 Jul 2020 (approved):

	'description' has been modified:
		Before: Generalist repositories accept data regardless of data type, format, content, or disciplinary focus.
		After: The General Repository Comparison Chart and FAIRsharing Collection (https://fairsharing.org/collection/GeneralRepositoryComparison) is an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse held 11-12 February 2020 (link).  Following the workshop, representatives of the participating generalist repositories collaborated to develop a tool researchers could use to make decisions about selecting a general repository. We intend for the content to be dynamically updated through our partnership with FAIRsharing.  As we work towards that goal, we currently have a static version of the comparison.  

It is important to state that researchers should first determine if an appropriate domain repository exists for their research data.  Tools such as FAIRsharing.org and re3data.org can help with this determination. If using a domain repository is not possible, then a researcher should review both the general repository chart and consider their own institutional repository as a possible location to store their data.  Researchers need to comply with the requirements of their community, funder, country, publisher, and possibly others to ensure the best repository is selected. 


For those interested in continuing the discussion on the role of generalist repositories to enhance data discoverability and reuse, please consider joining the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and particularly the joint RDA/Force11 FAIRsharing WG (https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/fairsharing-registry-connecting-data-policies-standards-databases.html).  There is now an RDA Community to support conversation and a mailing list you join (https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/generalist-repository-comparison-chart-management-group).    Co-chairs of the ?NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse?
Maryann Martone, University of California San Diego
Shelley Stall, American Geophysical Union
NIH/NLM meeting team for the ?NIH Workshop on the Role of Generalist Repositories to Enhance Data Discoverability and Reuse?
Lisa Federer
Jennie Larkin
Ishwar Chandramouliswaran
Erin Walker
Maryam Zaringhalam
General Repository Representatives
Dataverse
Merc? Crosas
Julian Gautier
Dryad, California Digital Library
Daniella Lowenberg
Figshare
Mark Hahnel
Ana Van Gulick
Mendley Data
Alberto Zigoni
OSF
Nici Pfeiffer
Vivli
Ida Sim
Julie Wood
Zenodo
Tim Smith

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Name	Abbreviation	Type	Subject	Domain	Taxonomy	Related Database	Related Standard	Related Policy	In Collection/Recommendation
DataverseNL	DataverseNL	Database	Data Management Earth Science Environmental Science Humanities and Social Sciences Life Science	None	All	OSF Harvard Dataverse Scholars Portal Dataverse TDR AUSSDA Dataverse	DDI-Codebook Schema.org DCTERMS ISO 27729:2012 ISNI	None	General Repository Comparison
Dryad	Dryad	Database	Engineering Science Humanities and Social Sciences Natural Science	Curated information Literature curation	All	GenBank TreeBase ORCID Registry DataMed Zenodo Plus 3 more...	Common Metadata Elements for Cataloging Biomedical Datasets DataCite Metadata Schema Schema.org PLOSTHES DOI Plus 5 more...	PLOS Recommended Repositories Springer Nature Research Data Policy Type 1 Elsevier's Data Policy Springer Nature - Research Data Policies Springer Nature Research Data Policy Type 4 Plus 36 more...	NIH-supported data repositories Data Citation Implementation BMJ - British Medical Journal General Repository Comparison National Transportation Data Preservation Network (NTDPN) Plus 1 more...
e-cienciaDatos	e-cienciaDatos	Database	Astrophysics and Astronomy Data Management Earth Science Humanities and Social Sciences Life Science	Data storage	All	ORCID Registry Harvard Dataverse Scopus ISNI Database	ISA-Tab OBI NCBITAXON DataCite Metadata Schema Schema.org Plus 6 more...	None	General Repository Comparison
figshare	figshare	Database	Data Management Data Visualization	Data storage Image	All	OSF ORCID Registry 4TU.ResearchData Scientific Data ISA-explorer ISU DataShare Plus 6 more...	RDF DataCite Metadata Schema Schema.org DC CERIF Plus 3 more...	MNI Open Research UCL Child Open Health Research PLOS Recommended Repositories Springer Nature Research Data Policy Type 1 Elsevier's Data Policy Plus 35 more...	NIH-supported data repositories Data Citation Implementation General Repository Comparison
Harvard Dataverse	Harvard Dataverse	Database	Data Management	Experimental measurement Protocol	All	SBGrid-DG ORCID Registry Scholars Portal Dataverse TDR DataverseNL Plus 8 more...	OBI NCBITAXON DataCite Metadata Schema Schema.org DC Plus 9 more...	PLOS Recommended Repositories Elsevier's Data Policy Experimental Results Cell Press - Cell Metabolism - Information for Authors Open Research Data and Data Management Plans - Information for ERC grantees by the ERC Scientific Council Plus 15 more...	General Repository Comparison National Transportation Data Preservation Network (NTDPN)
Mendeley Data	Mendeley Data	Database	Data Management Data Visualization	Data storage	Not applicable	ORCID Registry Scopus BOARD	DataCite Metadata Schema Schema.org DC DOI XML Plus 4 more...	Elsevier's Data Policy Cell Press - Cell Metabolism - Information for Authors Cell Press - Neuron - Information for Authors Taylor and Francis Data Policy SciData Data Policy Plus 4 more...	General Repository Comparison NIH-supported data repositories
Open Science Framework	OSF	Database	Data Management	Cancer Data storage Study design	All	figshare ORCID Registry DataCite DataverseNL BOARD	DataCite Metadata Schema DOI JSON Crossref Metadata Deposit Schema	MNI Open Research UCL Child Open Health Research PLOS Recommended Repositories Elsevier's Data Policy HRB Open Research Plus 15 more...	NIH-supported data repositories Data Citation Implementation Open Science Prize Advanced Genetics General Repository Comparison
Scholars Portal Dataverse	Scholars Portal Dataverse	Database	Data Management Engineering Science Humanities and Social Sciences Natural Science	Experimental measurement Data storage Protocol	All	Harvard Dataverse TDR DataverseNL FRDR	DDI-Lifecycle DDI-Codebook DataCite Metadata Schema	None	General Repository Comparison
UNC Dataverse	UNC Dataverse	Database	Data Management Data Submission, Annotation and Curation	Citation Data storage Publication	All	Harvard Dataverse	DDI-Codebook Schema.org DOI DCTERMS DataCite Metadata Schema	None	General Repository Comparison
Vivli Center for Global Clinical Research Data	Vivli	Database	Biomedical Science Clinical Studies Health Science Medicine Preclinical Studies Plus 1 more...	Data storage	Homo sapiens	ORCID Registry	DataCite Metadata Schema DOI	Annals of Global Health Editorial Policies	NIH-supported data repositories COVID-19 Resources RDA Covid-19 WG Resources General Repository Comparison
Zenodo	Zenodo	Database	Data Management	Data storage	All	Dryad FAIRDOMHub ORCID Registry DataMed DataCite Plus 2 more...	DCAT FORCE11 DC DataCite Metadata Schema Schema.org DC Plus 6 more...	MNI Open Research UCL Child Open Health Research PLOS Recommended Repositories Elsevier's Data Policy EMBO Recommended Databases and Data Standards Plus 19 more...	NIH-supported data repositories Advanced Genetics General Repository Comparison National Transportation Data Preservation Network (NTDPN)

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