TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Mechanism and process to make and track edits to a dataset after deposition: does the repository enable modification to the submitted dataset (e.g., to correct it or append additional information)? Is there a process to distinguish, link and access all versions of the data?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Licence or terms of use for reuse of existing data in the repository; these can be the same for every dataset in the repository, or vary from dataset to dataset: what are the conditions under which one can reuse the data?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Policy that details how the preservation of the data is ensured: does the repository have a page, or document that describes this?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Deposition of data: are there any restrictions (e.g. by location, country, organisation, etc.) or can anyone from anywhere deposit data?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Contact info (for the person, depositor, producer or owner, ideally with ORCID; or organisation) of the data: does the repository keep and show this information?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

A mechanism to enable link datasets to related articles or pre-prints: does the repository enable this at submission stage or post-submission?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Mechanism and process for sharing deposited data via a link anonymously (or otherwise depending on journal policy regarding open/closed review): does the repository allow confidential access to the data for peer-review? Does the repository also have capability for double blind peer review?

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Contact (person or organisation) for the record in FAIRsharing that describes the repository: has the owner or maintainer of the repository claimed the record and vetted its descriptions? Although records in FAIRsharing are curated by its in-house team, the participation of the owner or maintainer of the repository helps verifying the information and tracking the evolution of the resource."

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Plan that gives information about sustainability plans for the repository: does the repository have a webpage, or document that describes these?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

The life cycle status of the repository: is it still being developed or in production and accepting data submissions? The latter does not exclude that some (re)development, enhancement or maintenance may be ongoing, as happens in any mature system.

TRSP Desirable Characteristics The higher-level subject areas/disciplines the repository covers, as well as cross-disciplinary domains, such as the types or data, technology and study.

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Globally unique and Persistent IDentifiers (PIDs): does the repository assign them to the deposited data? Which type of identifier schema is used?

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

The type of funding (e.g. grants, donations, memberships) and the organisation(s) that fund the repository.

TRSP Desirable Characteristics Review and annotation of the data performed by the repository (e.g. via a data submission tool that enforces some curation, or by its curation team): are there a set of minimum curation steps that repository performs on the submitted data? Is there a webpage or document that describes the type of curation done? This criteria is also related to the Data and Metadata Standards criteria.

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

The community-defined standards the repository implements to enable the representation of data and/or metadata in a consistent, machine readable form (e.g. via models, formats, schemas, vocabularies, ontologies). These standards facilitate the discovery and interpretation of data and/or metadata.

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Data access mechanisms and terms to define access at repository and/or dataset level: what is the process through which access can be requested (and granted)? For example, is the data is freely available or subject to a request and approval process.

TRSP Desirable Characteristics

Certification schemes and/or community badges that assess certain aspects of the repository (e.g., its fitness, trustworthiness, adoption): does the repository have any?

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Support to users during or after submission: does the repository have a contact point (e.g. helpdesk email or contact form) to assist data depositors and data users?