Publishing to the DataONE Network of Repositories for Improved Discovery, Assessment, and Interoperability

Abstract:

Publishing data to repositories is now well recognized as a critical component of the scientific process, but determining which repositories are best suited for your data remains challenging. The DataONE network (https://dataone.org) of repositories makes this process simpler by improving cross-repository interoperability and cross-repository search, and thereby lessening the impact of which repository is chosen. DataONE repositories serve multiple disciplines and constituencies, including earth and environmental science, ecology, geoscience, hydrology, Arctic research, social science, archaeology, and myriad other domains. Repository members of DataONE benefit from the ability to expose their holdings across the broader network, and researchers can search the nearly 50 repositories in DataONE from a single interface, rather than visiting each repository individually. DataONE provides researcher-focused services, including custom cross-repository data portals for researcher data collections, as well as institutional and thematic collections. In addition, DataONE provides advanced metrics across all of the network so both researchers and repositories can understand data usage and citation trends, assess the quality of holdings against the FAIR principles, and ensure preservation of data through cross-repository data replication. New value-added services enable smaller organizations like field stations and libraries to showcase their own collections as part of DataONE Plus, or to affordably host a repository that is well-connected to the rest of the network. We will present characteristics of the repositories in DataONE, and an analysis of holdings across the network from the perspective of the FAIR principles, data usage, and data citation.