Case study
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data, launched four domain-specific Data Stations: Archaeology, Social Sciences and Humanities, Life Sciences, and Physical and Technical Sciences. Using the open source repository software Dataverse, the DANS Data Stations allow researchers to archive and publish datasets, making them available for reuse.
Problem addressed
The repository system EASY, which DANS was running for many years, needed to be upgraded. It was replaced with the four Data Stations, which are based on open source software and are each tailored towards a scientific domain. The Data Stations thereby provide a more sustainable infrastructure, supporting FAIR data and addressing the needs of specific research communities.
Added value
The DANS Data Stations allow researchers from various domains to sustainably archive and publish their datasets.
Domain-specific metadata and vocabularies improve the findability of datasets in the Data Stations and through metadata aggregators.
Investing in the open source Dataverse technology, DANS connects to a large international community that continuously improves the software together.
