
Sharing, preservation and licensing: Data deposit
There are many compelling reasons why you should consider depositing your research data into an institutional data repository or subject or domain-specific data archive. Here are a few:
- your data is kept safe in a secure environment
- your data is regularly backed up and preserved for future use
- your data can be discovered by search engines and included in online catalogues
- the intellectual property rights and licensing of your data is managed
- access to your data can be administered and usage monitored
- the visibility of your data can be enhanced thus enabling more use and citation