Catch-all Data Repository Introduction

The Catch-all Data Repository is a repository for general scientific data.

Mission

The repository is intended for general scientific data that should be stored into a repository, but for which no better deposition option exists. While the catch-all repository is handled with all the care needed to operate a repository, users are advised to

• prefer using an established topical repository is available for their data in their scientific discipline,
• get familiar with their scientific community standards and customs in their particular field of study.

During the build-up phase of the National repository platform, the catch-all repository is used by some research groups as a temporary solution before their specific repository is established.

Specific community repositories will usually provide better findability of the data and have specific metadata models tailored for the needs of particular communities. The catch-all repository supports a generic metadata model covering basic needs. It supports assigning persistent identifiers (DOI).

The records in the repository are published by default. An embargo period may be set: data of embargoed records are kept private and after the period elapses, the record is automatically published in full.

General Information

The Data Catch-all Repository is operated by CESNET in scope of the NRP project.

The records are curated by the National Library of Technology.

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Supported dataset licenses are variants of Creative Commons.

Data deposition is available to users who registered to the service.

There are no restriction on file formats.

Published data is accessible to the public internet (without any user authentication).

After the record is finalised, neither its data nor metadata can be changed any longer.

Data deletion is handled upon user request by the curators. For the time being, there is no data life cycle policy yet. Note that it is the policy of organisations assigning persistent identifiers (e.g. DOI) that at least a basic metadata record of a dataset must be preserved forever, even if the data itself is deleted.

User support is available through nr-support@cesnet.cz.

User Registration

Write access to the repository is available to members of virtual organization VO_nr. To apply:

1. You need to submit the VO_nr application.

2. Once your application is approved you will receive a mail notification.

3. Then you can continue to Catch-all data repository and log in, which gives you permissions to create your first dataset.