A Comparative Study of Platforms for Research Data Management: Interoperability, Metadata Capabilities and Integration Potential

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Amorim, RC (Author) FEUP; Castro, JA (Author) Other; da Silva, JR (Author) Other; Cristina Ribeiro (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: NEW CONTRIBUTIONS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, VOL 1, PT 1

Pages: 101-111

World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST)

Univ Azores, Ponta Delgada, PORTUGAL, APR 01-03, 2015

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Authenticus ID: P-00A-D0W

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16486-1_10

Abstract (EN): Research data management is acknowledged as an important concern for institutions and several platforms to support data deposits have emerged. In this paper we start by overviewing the current practices in the data management workflow and identifying the stakeholders in this process. We then compare four recently proposed data repository platforms-DSpace, CKAN, Zenodo and Figshare-considering their architecture, support for metadata, API completeness, as well as their search mechanisms and community acceptance. To evaluate these features, we take into consideration the identified stakeholders' requirements. In the end, we argue that, depending on local requirements, different data repositories can meet some of the stakeholders requirements. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvements, mainly regarding the compatibility with the description of data from different research domains, to further improve data reuse.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11