What products and services do 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 and EASY

  • 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.
  • Repositories are certified as trustworthy by CoreTrustSeal or in process of being certified (Data Stations).

DANS is in the process of replacing its legacy repository system (EASY) with domain-specific Data Stations. The Archaeology Data Station is operational, with Data Stations for Social Sciences and Humanities, Life, Health and Medical Sciences, and for Physical and Technical Sciences to follow.

DataverseNL

DataverseNL provides a hosted repository service to institutions.

  • 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.

Vault Service

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, EASY, and the Data Stations to provide long-term preservation for datasets archived at DANS.

NARCIS

NARCIS is the national portal for those looking for:

  • Scientific information, including (open access) publications from the repositories of all Dutch universities, KNAW, NWO and a large number of scientific institutions.
  • Research data available at various data archives.
  • Research software.
  • Descriptions of research projects, experts and research institutes in the Netherlands.

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