Purpose

The study aims to shed light on the current state of “Dataset repositories” indexed in Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR).

Design/methodology/approach

From each repository/record information, the Open-Access Policies, Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), year of creation and the number of data sets archived in the repositories were manually searched, documented and analyzed.

Findings

Developed countries like the United Kingdom and the USA are primarily involved in the development of institutional open-access repositories comprising significant components of OpenDOAR. The most extensively used software is DSpace. Most data set archives are OAI-PMH compliant but do not follow open-access rules. The study also highlights the sites’ embrace of Web 2.0 capabilities and discovers really simple syndication feeds and Atom integration. The use of social media has made its presence known. Furthermore, the study concludes that the number of data sets kept in repositories is insufficient, although the expansion of such repositories has been consistent over the years.

Practical implications

The work has the potential to benefit both researchers in general and policymakers in particular. Scholars interested in research data, data sharing and data reuse can learn about the present state of repositories that preserve data sets in OpenDOAR. At the same time, policymakers can develop recommendations and policies to assist in the construction and maintenance of repositories for data sets.

Originality/value

According to the literature, there have been numerous studies on open-access repositories and OpenDOAR internationally, but no research has focused on repositories preserving content-type data sets. As a result, the study attempts to uncover various characteristics of OpenDOAR Data set repositories.

中文翻译：

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全球数据集存储现状一览：基于OpenDOAR的研究

目的

该研究旨在揭示开放存取存储库目录（OpenDOAR）中索引的“数据集存储库”的当前状态。

设计/方法论/途径

从每个存储库/记录信息中，手动搜​​索、记录和分析开放获取政策、元数据收集开放档案倡议协议 (OAI-PMH)、创建年份以及存储库中存档的数据集数量。

发现

英国和美国等发达国家主要参与机构开放获取存储库的开发，其中包括 OpenDOAR 的重要组成部分。使用最广泛的软件是 DSpace。大多数数据集档案都符合 OAI-PMH 标准，但不遵循开放获取规则。该研究还强调了网站对 Web 2.0 功能的接受，并发现了非常简单的聚合提要和 Atom 集成。社交媒体的使用已经让人们知道了它的存在。此外，该研究得出的结论是，尽管多年来此类存储库一直在扩展，但存储库中保存的数据集数量仍然不足。

实际影响

这项工作有可能使一般研究人员和特别是政策制定者受益。对研究数据、数据共享和数据重用感兴趣的学者可以了解 OpenDOAR 中保存数据集的存储库的现状。同时，政策制定者可以制定建议和政策，以协助数据集存储库的建设和维护。

原创性/价值

文献显示，国际上有大量关于开放获取存储库和OpenDOAR的研究，但没有研究关注保存内容类型数据集的存储库。因此，该研究试图揭示 OpenDOAR 数据集存储库的各种特征。