Session Description:
The opportunity to continually access and use research data
is necessary for scientific progress, validation, and for subsequent studies to
build on the work of previous research. Producers, users, funders, and managers
of research data need to know whether the digital repositories that are
accepting the responsibility for the stewardship of research data will be
managing the data and related information within their collections in
accordance with established and accepted practices for managing and caring for digital
research data.
The Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements
(CoreTrustSeal) have been developed to provide specifications for assessing
digital repositories as trustworthy stewards of data. Based on the Open
Archival Information Systems (OAIS) Reference Model and on previous instruments
for assessing data repositories (e.g. the Data Seal of Approval), the sixteen
CoreTrustSeal requirements are being actively used by the research data
community. The CoreTrustSeal is also used by several consortia and federations to
assess data repositories. Examples include the World Data System (WDS) for its
Regular Members, the US NASA Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS)
for its Digital Active Archives, and the CLARIN – European Research
Infrastructure for Language Resources and Technology for its B-Centres.
The CoreTrustSeal requirements provide an opportunity for
data repositories to continually improve their capabilities and services for
managing and distributing their data holdings. Furthermore, the CoreTrustSeal
requirements offer an opportunity for data repositories to conduct
self-assessments and to identify areas of their own data repository practices
that are in need of improvement.
Adopting the
CoreTrustSeal requirements also enables data repositories to demonstrate their commitment
to the stewardship of research data.
This session presents panelists who will introduce the
CoreTrustSeal requirements, explain the certification process, and provide case
studies of experiences that data repositories have encountered in their efforts
to improve the trustworthiness of their data stewardship practices by means of
core certification.
Session Organizers: Wim Hugo, Ingrid Dillo, Robert R. Downs, Mustapha Mokrane
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1 presentation about CTS in general
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2 case studies of preferably African seal holders
