Archiving PLUS
Our Archiving PLUS package offers you services and benefits for checking, registering and publishing your social science research data. You can find information on preparing for archiving in our How-to on sharing data.
Our services in detail
Ingest check PLUS
- Ingest check PLUS (Overview)
- Additionally
- Matching questionnaire/code schema with variables in the data set
- Check of variable and value labels
- Check of missing values
- If applicable, technical format migration based on list of recommended formats
Long-term digital preservation
- Long-term storage of your data
- Assuring of the readability and long-term usability of your data by means of format conversion
- Making your data available: at anytime and anywhere
Documentation on study level
- Preparation of a high quality, qualified study description
- Use of the international standard DDI (Data Documentation Initiative)
- Bilingualism: German, English
- Making the study description available in various formats:
- online in the desired portal
- as XML file for import into databases
Data download
- Publication and making your data and associated documents available for downloading
