The document discusses the importance of research data repositories and enabling FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data. There are essentially two types of repositories - discipline specific repositories that are curated by domain experts and require discipline specific metadata, and generalist repositories that accept all types of data without limitations. Finding an appropriate repository can be challenging. Some research communities have mandates requiring data deposition in specific repositories. Efforts are underway to increase data interoperability and adherence to standards like the TRUST principles for digital repositories.

1. The importance of research
data repositories
Varsha Khodiyar, PhD
Indo-GBC Seminar: Data Sharing at a Global
Level
26th October 2020
IllustrationinspiredbytheworkofChienShiungWu

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Why share research data?

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What do we mean by FAIR data?

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How do we enable FAIR data?
Encourage
the use of
appropriate
repositories
Provide guidance
on data licensing
Ensure the
use of
discipline
specific
standards
Facilitate the
capture of
detailed
metadata

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The repository landscape is complex...

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...but there are essentially two types of repository
Type Features Examples
Discipline
specific
● Specific for a type of data
● Technical curation by data-specific
experts
● Require data-specific metadata from
authors during data deposition
● May provide data-specific discovery,
analysis and visualization tools
PANGAEA
The Cancer Imaging Archive
chEMBL
Generalist
● Accept all types of data
● No limitations on file format
● Provide data archiving option when no
appropriate discipline specific
repositories are available
figshare
Institutional data repositories

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Finding an appropriate repository is not a trivial task

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Some communities have mandates on repository use
http://www.insdc.org/
Genetic and genomic data are subject to a
community mandate, and must be deposited to a
INSDC repository.

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Some communities are working to increase data findability and
interoperability
http://www.copdess.org/enabling-fair-data-project/
Signatories agree to ensure that Earth and Space sciences data
are deposited to domain-specific repository, upon article
publication

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The TRUST Principles are a useful framework for digital
repositories
Lin, D., Crabtree, J., Dillo, I. et al. The TRUST Principles for digital repositories. Sci Data 7, 144 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0486-7
Khodiyar, V. Future-proofing research data – it’s a question of TRUST Springboard blog post (2020)
https://www.springernature.com/gp/advancing-discovery/blog/blogposts/future-proofing-data-trust/18044648

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Cross-publisher consensus on key repository criteria
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4084763

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The story behind the image
Chien Shiung Wu (1912–1997)
Chien Shiung Wu was a Chinese American experimental
physicist best known for conducting The Wu experiment
that bears her name. This experiment showed that the
conservation of parity was violated by a weak interaction
and it was possible to distinguish between a mirrored
variation of the world and the mirror image of the current
world. This discovery earned Wu the Wolf Prize in Physics
in 1978.
Thank you
Varsha Khodiyar, PhD
Data Curation Manager, Springer Nature
varsha.khodiyar@nature.com
@varsha_khodiyar
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