To facilitate data sharing from within the University of California system and beyond, the University of California Curation Center (UC3) is developing a new ingest and discovery layer for our data curation service, Dash. Dash uses the Merritt repository for preservation and a self-service overlay layer for submission and discovery of research datasets. The new overlay– dubbed Stash (STore And SHare)– will feature an enhanced user interface with a simple and intuitive deposit workflow, while still accommodating rich metadata. Stash will enable individual scholars to upload data through local file browse or drag-and-drop operation; describe data in terms of scientifically-meaning metadata, including methods, references, and geospatial information; identify datasets for persistent citation and retrieval; preserve and share data in an appropriate repository; and discover, retrieve, and reuse data through faceted search and browse. Stash can be implemented in conjunction with any standards-compliant repository that supports the SWORD protocol for deposit and the OAI-PMH protocol for metadata harvesting. Stash will feature native support for the DataCite or Dublin Core metadata schemas, but is designed to accommodate other schemas to support discipline-specific applications. By alleviating many of the barriers that have historically precluded wider adoption of open data principles, Stash empowers individual scholars to assert active curation control over their research outputs; encourages more widespread data preservation, publication, sharing, and reuse; and promotes open scholarly inquiry and advancement.

1. Repository-agnostic
data curation
Dash is a user-friendly data
deposit and discovery
platform in development by
the UC Curation Center.
John E. Kratz
 0000-0002-9610-5370
John.Kratz@ucop.edu
@john_kratz
Stephen Abrams
Shirin Faenza
Scott Fisher
Nancy Hoebelheinrich
Marisa Strong
Bhavitavya Vedula
Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation, award #58062.
Easy
• self-deposit via straightforward,
familiar publishing workflow
• sign in with institutional
credentials; no account to
create or maintain
• automates data packaging and
submission
Flexible
• works with any underlying
repository using standard
protocols
• pluggable architecture for
additional protocols and
metadata schemas
• deploy with single or multi-
tenancy
Interested in deploying or
contributing to Dash?
Contact us:
uc3@ucop.edu
Learn more:
dash.cdlib.org
cdluc3.github.io/dash/
STASH PLATFORM
DASH WEB PORTAL
SHARE
HARVEST
UNDERLYING REPOSITORY
OAI-PMH
Solr
indexFundRef
EZID
ORCID
Shibboleth
OAuth
– or –
DataCite
Authentication
Disambiguation
STORE
Plug-in API
SWORD
DataCite
metadata
Plug-in API
EXTERNAL
SERVICES
Integration with wider
research data management
ecosystem
minimal required
metadata
DATA
any data or
file type
upload via drag and drop
or system browser
DATA

|
Ruby on Rails
application
data paper
generated from
metadata
all versions
of the data
Descriptive metadata indexed for
discovery using Blacklight/
GeoBlacklight
#
TECHNICAL
IMPLEMENTATION
FEATURES
usage metrics
including download
and views
Pluggable protocol modules
encapsulated as Ruby engines for
flexible deployment,
(re)configuration, and extension.
Deposit via SWORD
(Simple Web-service Offering
Repository Deposit )
standard protocol
rich optional description.
including methods, usage
notes, funding, and
geospatial information
DOI assignment
Datasets provided with scientifically-
meaningful description using the
DataCite metadata schema.
Metadata harvest via OAI-PMH
(Open Archives Initiative Protocol for
Metadata Harvesting) standard protocol
embargo support
for delayed
publication
any standards-compliant
repository