The IZA Research Data Center (IDSC) has recently launched the IDSC dataverse as a new service to improve the accessibility of research data along the FAIR principles (data is to be: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable).
As part of a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the IDSC and IZA’s ICT group collaborated on migrating its IDSC research data repository to a version of the well-known IQQS Dataverse software. This BMBF project aims at developing tools for Trusted Data Custodians in data-driven research.
The new repository offers various models for depositing data, meta-data or code to meet the diverse needs of researchers, such as publication and funding requirements, as well as standards set by journals, projects, or organizations. Researchers or organizations that store a dataset with the IDSC dataverse can choose an availability status that meets their needs.
Options include datasets, which can be downloaded either anonymously or by registered users, a dataset under embargo or a dataset that is not available for download at all. Instead, this dataset can be processed against using Josua. In all cases, the depositors receive an IDSC-issued DOI for the proper citation of their dataset and any associated publications.
Data hosted on the IDSC Dataverse is accessible for academic purposes, including secondary research, replication, and teaching in a variety of ways. For clarity, here are examples illustrating different access modes:
- An example of satisfying a difficult publication requirement. On the one hand the dataset is proprietary and may not be placed online for public download – even in anonymized form – and on the other hand the Journal requires the data be made available for replication as a prerequisite for publication. The IDSC Dataverse hosts replication files and replicators can run their replications using Josua, a code-to-data solution developed at the IDSC, both the proprietor and the Journal accept. Kuhn, P.J. & Shen, K. (2022). What Happens When Employers Can No Longer Discriminate in Job Ads? Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC). Version 1.0. doi:10.15185/w1405.1
- An example of satisfying publication requirements as well but data is made available through the download of anonymous scientific and public use files after registration. Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). Global Climate Change Survey. Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC). https://dx.doi.org/10.15185/gccs.1
- An example of a sub-dataverse within the IDSC dataverse: https://dataverse.iza.org/dataverse/G2LM-LIC which contains replication files for various research projects funded by the G2LM-LIC project with downloadable data.
- An example of a dataset whose availability status is “embargo” which expires on January 31, 2027 used, for example, by projects to create the container where replication files will be deposited upon completion to comply with funding and publication requirements: https://dataverse.iza.org/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.15185/glmlic.596.1
For more information please contact idsc@iza.org