Registry of Research Data Repositories

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Definition: A global registry of research data repositories from different academic disciplines. It includes repositories that enable permanent storage of, description via metadata and access to, data sets by researchers, funding bodies, publishers, and scholarly institutions.

Related terms: Metadata, Open Access, Open Data, Open Material, Repository

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Originally drafted by: Aleksandra Lazić

Reviewed by: Mahmoud Elsherif, Sam Parsons, Charlotte R. Pennington, Helena Hartmann

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