Link Roundup - Data repository accreditation

(Pulling together some useful links on the subject of data repository accreditation so that they're all in the one place)

•  On trust and risk and, more importantly: Can we measure any of it? – #iPRES2012 (3) - blog post about an iPRES2012 session about trustworthy digital repositories.

•  TrustedDigitalRepository.eu - information about the European Framework for Audit and Certification of Digital Repositories. "The framework will consist of a sequence of three levels, in increasing trustworthiness:
  • Basic Certification is granted to repositories which obtain DSA (Data Seal of Approval) certification;
  • Extended Certification is granted to Basic Certification repositories which in addition perform a structured, externally reviewed and publicly available self-audit based on ISO 16363 or DIN 31644;
  • Formal Certification is granted to repositories which in addition to Basic Certification obtain full external audit and certification based on ISO 16363 or equivalent DIN 31644."

•  APARSEN deliverables - including a link to D33.1A Report on Peer Review of Digital Repositories

•  Trustworthy Repositories - overview of Trusted Repositories Audit & Certification (TRAC). "In general terms, TRAC:
  • Provides tools for the audit, assessment, and potential certification of digital repositories
  • Establishes documentation requirements required for audit
  • Delineates a process for certification
  • Establishes appropriate methodologies for determining the soundness and sustainability of digital repositories"

•  Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification: Criteria and Checklist - version 1.0, February 2007

•  Data Seal of Approval - "The Data Seal of Approval ensures that in the future, research data can still be processed in a high-quality and reliable manner, without this entailing new thresholds, regulations or high costs." - first level in the Trusted Digital Repositories Framework

•  Primary Trustworthy Digital Repository Authorisation Body (ISO-PTAB) - provides ISO audit and certification of digital repositories and plays a major role in training and accrediting auditors. The audits are performed using the standard ISO16363:2011.

•  ISO16363:2011 - the standard itself - Magenta book, September 2011.

•  Repository selection process for Thompson-Reuters Data Citation Index - discussing topics such as
  • Persistence and stability
  • Funding statements
  • Peer review
  • Age of material
  • Links to the research literature