What products and services does DANS offer?

DANS currently offers a range of products and services, each with its own characteristics and features. In summary, these products and services are:

Data Stations

DANS offers four domain-specific Data Stations for researchers to deposit data: Archaeology, Social Sciences and Humanities, Life Sciences and Physical and Technical Sciences. 

  • Researchers can deposit data.
  • Metadata fields follow domain-specific standards.
  • Curation supported by DANS.
  • Long-term preservation through the Vault.
  • Everyone can find data for reuse.
  • Metadata can be harvested via OAI-PMH.
  • Free service.
  • DANS applies for CoreTrustSeal certification.

DataverseNL

DataverseNL provides a hosted repository service to institutions for affiliated researchers to deposit data.

  • Institutes can establish their own repository.
  • Affiliated researchers can deposit data.
  • Metadata fields chosen by institutes.
  • Curation supported by institutes.
  • Long-term preservation through the Vault.
  • Everyone can find data for reuse.
  • Metadata can be harvested via OAI-PMH.
  • Subscription service for institutes.
  • Institutes can apply for CoreTrustSeal certification.

 

Vault Service (in development)

The Vault Service provides long-term preservation services to institutional clients.

  • Institutes can use this service.
  • Works complementary with local institutional repository.
  • Minimal metadata requirements.
  • Automated transformation of obsolete formats.
  • Long-term preservation.
  • Data is only findable for data owners.
  • Metadata cannot be harvested.
  • Subscription service for institutes.

The Vault Service is used by default by DataverseNL and the Data Stations to provide long-term preservation for datasets archived at DANS.

 

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