Data Re-users

Biosharing

Functionality:  CATALOGUES The web-based BioSharing catalogues aim to centralize bioscience data policies, reporting standards and links to other related portals. 1. Providing a “one-stop shop” for those seeking data sharing policy documents and information about the standards and technologies that support them. 2. Exposing core information on well-constituted, community-driven standardization efforts and link to their standards, documentation, training material, news and contact point. 3.
http://biosharing.org/
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ShareGeo Open

ShareGeo Open is a data repository for Open data. There are lots of useful spatial datasets that have been deposited by users for others to download and re-use. This create – share – reuse philosophy is central to ShareGeo Open. All the data in the repository is open and can be re-used freely making it ideal for students, researchers and teaching staff to find data. In addition to the just downloading data, users can upload data to the repository.  URL: www.sharegeo.ac.uk
http://www.sharegeo.ac.uk/
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CODATA Directory of Scientific Data Policy Statements

This CODATA resource lists statements that express the policies of a number of organizations on data issues. Most of these are related in some way to the environmental sciences, where international sharing of data on a global scale is essential to progress in research.
http://www.codata.org/resources/databases/data_access/policies.html
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Conducting a Data Interview

Poster created by Purdue University Libraries outlining good practice in conducting a data interview. Functionality:  n/a Level of Expertise:  n/a
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=lib_research
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A Techno-Legal Analysis Of Digital Preservation In India

Digital Preservation is neither a technical nor a legal issue. Rather it is a techno-legal mandate that requires domain specific techno-legal expertise. The technology as well as legal issues are involved almost with all the segments of the society. The scope of digital preservation is increasing and so is its importance. The resource abovementioned is one of the few techno-legal resources that are analysing digital preservation from a techno-legal perspective.
http://legalenablementofictinindia.blogspot.com/
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DOI

Approaches to persistent identification of resources.
http://www.doi.org/
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DART

Proof-of-concept project to develop tools to support the new collaborative research infrastructure of the future.
http://www.dart.edu.au/
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Cairo tools survey: a survey of tools applicable to the preparation of digital archives for ingest into a preservation repository

Cairo is a project funded under the 'Tools and Innovation' strand of the JISC's capital programme on Repositories and Preservation. Cairo will develop a tool for ingesting complex collections of born-digital materials, with basic descriptive, preservation and relationship metadata, into a preservation repository.
http://cairo.paradigm.ac.uk/projectdocs/cairo_tools_listing_pv1.pdf
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Legal Strategies for Streamlining Collaboration in an e-Research World

A collection of papers that arose from discussions held at a Roundtable entitled: 'Streamlining Collaboration in an e-Research World' which was convened by the Legal Framework for e-Research Project and held on 12-13 June 2008 at the Queensland University of Technology.
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/17149/1/c17149.pdf
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Web2Rights

Within the context of academia, a wide range of new and developing services, software and other technologies are being deployed, developed and adapted to engage and communicate with staff, students and new audiences. The software and technologies are diverse and are reshaping user engagement, the concept of "community" and experiences within the context of teaching, learning, research and administration.
http://www.web2rights.org.uk/
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