What is Data@UNIMI?
Data@UNIMI is the university of Milan’s Research Data Repository, built on Dataverse – the open source repository software built by Harvard University. The University makes Data@UNIMI available to its researchers to upload, describe, and share their research data, conveniently and with support from university staff. Data@UNIMI will help researchers:
– Deposit research data securely during or at the end of a project.
– Increase the dissemination and the impact of your research by sharing data according to the FAIR principles thanks to DOIs, metadata and licenses for every dataset.
– Open up research data to other researchers and citizens, in a transparent and legal way.
– Comply with funder or institutional requirements regarding research data, because the repository is coretrust seal certified and compliant to EU standards and requirements.
Why use a FAIR research data repository?
The University of Milan endorses Open Research Data principles and practices as key a prerequisite for reproducibility and open access to scientific results, acknowledging the importance of data management for scientific research quality and integrity and adopts the highest standards for data collection, storage and preservation.
See the University’s research data management policy for more information.
Data that can be archived and shared via Data@UNIMI
Data@UNIMI can host all research data that are at the basis of publications (or PhDs theses), or more generally, any research data that you want to share. When you upload data to Data@UNIMI, remember to include all the necessary documentation that will help others understand your data and make it fully reusable: information about instruments of data collection, codebooks, methods reports, field reports, protocols, interviewer guidelines, and so on.
Data on Data@UNIMI must comply with legal requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and any applicable copyright laws. Write to dataverse@unimi.it for any questions.