Data repositories provide DOI allowing your research data to be discovered and cited in a simple and reproducible manner. At the least, the data repositories listed here provide the following:
- Meta-data rich containers for research data
- DOI for individual deposits
- Controlled access, differs between service and may only apply to licensing of data
Some repositories provide the ability to version your deposit, i.e. if more data becomes available or a correction is identified you can simply create a new version of the DOI, for example dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3761562.v101
See researchdata.ox.ac.uk for further advice on repository selection, or else service.re3data.org/search for a global registry of data repositories.
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ORA |
Figshare |
Zenodo |
Provides DOI |
YES |
YES |
YES |
Provides a method for versioning DOI
|
NO |
YES |
YES |
Support Embargos |
YES |
YES |
YES |
Maximum individual file size |
2Gb |
5Gb |
See https://zenodo.org/faq |
Maximum total size of deposit |
5Gb |
Unlimited (for public deposits, 20Gb for private deposits) |
50Gb per dataset |