CoreTrustSeal: from academic collaboration to sustainable services
L'Hours, H.; Kleemola, M.; de Leeuw, L. (2019). CoreTrustSeal: from academic collaboration to sustainable services. IASSIST Quarterly 43(1): 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.29173/iq936
In: IASSIST Quarterly. The Association: California. ISSN 0739-1137, more
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Trust, Trustworthy Digital Repositories, TDR, certification, archives, preservation |
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- L'Hours, H.
- Kleemola, M.
- de Leeuw, L.
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| Abstract |
National and international digital repositories must design and deliver sustainable services supporting a range of scientific and data management activities while reducing costs and avoiding duplication of effort. The CoreTrustSeal, launched in 2017, defines requirements and offers core level certification for Trustworthy Digital Repositories (TDR) holding data for long-term preservation. This paper traces the journey of the CoreTrustSeal through the Data Seal of Approval (DSA), ICSU World Data System (WDS), Research Data Alliance (RDA) working groups and community engagement, toward becoming a sustainable service supporting global data infrastructure. We outline the design and delivery of the service, current activities, the benefits of certification to a range of communities, and future plans and challenges. As well as providing a historical narrative and current and future perspectives, the CoreTrustSeal experience offers lessons for those involved in developing standards and best practices or seeking to develop cooperative and community-driven efforts bridging data curation activities across academic disciplines, governmental and private sectors. |
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