Storing and managing data

Scope of data reuse

You can ask these questions to establish the scope of data reuse:

  • Is the data purely collected and needing to be available to back up research?
  • Is the data suitable for use in digitally enabled services, requiring ongoing updates and maintenance to ensure relevance? 

When choosing a repository, the desirable properties are that it enables:

  • access to the dataset
  • dataset persistence
  • dataset stability
  • searching and retrieval of datasets

You can find guidance on preparing data for publication and a non-exhaustive list of repositories approved by the Foundation on the Gates Open Research platform.

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