B2SHARE is a user-friendly platform for researchers to store and share small-scale research data securely, as part of EUDAT's collaborative data infrastructure. It offers features like metadata management, permanent identifiers, and open access support, allowing users to deposit, search, and download a variety of research data. EUDAT retains the right to archive deposited data without claiming ownership, ensuring long-term persistence and compliance with data protection laws.

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How to share and store research
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B2SHARE is...
… a user-friendly, reliable and
trustworthy way for researchers,
scientific communities and scientists
to store and share small-scale
research data from diverse contexts

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B2SHARE is part of EUDAT...
a pan-European initiative building a sustainable
cross-disciplinary and cross-national data
infrastructure providing a set of shared services for
accessing and preserving research data
supporting multiple research communities by
working closely with them to deliver these technical
services as part of the EUDAT Collaborative Data
Infrastructure (CDI)

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A truly pan-European Infrastructure
EUDAT offers common data services, supporting multiple
research communities as well as individuals, through a
geographically distributed, resilient network of 35
European organisations
Our vision is to enable European
researchers and practitioners
from any research discipline to
preserve, find, access, and
process data in a trusted
environment, as part of a
Collaborative Data Infrastructure

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Community-Driven Solutions
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
& ENGINEERING
SOCIAL SCIENCES
& HUMANITIES
MATERIALS &
ANALYTICAL FACILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MAPPER
BIOMEDICAL &
MEDICAL SCIENCES
EUDAT services are designed, built
and implemented based on user
community requirements.

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Where is B2SHARE in the B2 Service suite?
B2SHARE uses other EUDAT services such as
B2SAFE and B2STAGE to provide reliability
and data retention

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store data safely at a trusted
and certified data centre
Register data to guarantee
long-term persistence
control access and share
data with colleagues and the
world
A winning solution for researchers, scientists and communities
to:
Features:
metadata management
permanent PIDs
Open Access support

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What’s the B2SHARE added-value?
Your data is ...
Hosted so there are no hardware or network
worries on depositor side
Assigned a permanent ID which means it is
always retraceable to you
Stored alongside queriable & findable metadata
and automatically available via the B2FIND
metadata catalogue
Managed and stored by a trusted and certified
data centre

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What can users do?
Users can …
Search for data sets that are publicly accessible
Deposit and share data (only registered users)
Download data (only registered users)
What happens to data once users have deposited it?
EUDAT has no claim over the data
deposited in B2SHARE and depositors
remain entirely responsible for the
data they deposit.
EUDAT retains the right of archiving, i.
e. creating replicas at trusted centers
to take care of long-term persistence.

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What data can users upload?
Research data
Primary data
Processed data
Data as basis for
a publication
Empirical data
Theoretical data
In virtually any kind of format....
Papers
Spreadsheets
Audio-visual media,
Just a note...
Make sure that you are allowed to upload your data and are
compliant with all data protection laws regarding sensitive data and
restrictions on where this data is stored. Unrelated personal data
should not be stored on B2SHARE.
• Data source or purpose of the data is scientific
• Unlimited file uploads.
• 2GB per file
(for larger files then contact EUDAT via
http://eudat.eu/support-request?
Service=B2SHARE)

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Search for data sets
Click on “Search” at https://b2share.eudat.eu

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Data Collections and PIDs

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Register to deposit and share data
Easy and quick registration at https://b2share.eudat.eu

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How do I deposit data? (1/2)
Click on “Deposit”

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How do I deposit data? (2/2)
3 simple steps:
2. Select a domain or project
specific metadata set to describe
the resource(s)
1. Select and upload one or several
data resources either by dragging
and dropping from your file browser
3. Fill in the metadata form: the more information you add
the easier your data will be to find for others
Open Access:Open Access:
Select “ON” to make your data
accessible to registered members only
Select “OFF” and everyone can see your
data

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For more info: https://eudat.eu/services/b2share
B2SHARE User Documentation:
https://eudat.eu/services/userdoc/b2share