Repository Approaches to Improving the Quality of Shared Data and Code
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Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 1, Esplanade des Particules, CH-1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
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LMU Munich, 1, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, 80539 Munich, Germany
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Data 2021, 6(2), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/data6020015
Received: 22 December 2020 / Revised: 27 January 2021 / Accepted: 28 January 2021 / Published: 3 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Quality and Data Access for Research)
Sharing data and code for reuse has become increasingly important in scientific work over the past decade. However, in practice, shared data and code may be unusable, or published results obtained from them may be irreproducible. Data repository features and services contribute significantly to the quality, longevity, and reusability of datasets. This paper presents a combination of original and secondary data analysis studies focusing on computational reproducibility, data curation, and gamified design elements that can be employed to indicate and improve the quality of shared data and code. The findings of these studies are sorted into three approaches that can be valuable to data repositories, archives, and other research dissemination platforms.
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Keywords:
data quality; data repository; digital libraries; data curation; fair principles; open data; open code; gamification
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Trisovic, A.; Mika, K.; Boyd, C.; Feger, S.; Crosas, M. Repository Approaches to Improving the Quality of Shared Data and Code. Data 2021, 6, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/data6020015
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Trisovic A, Mika K, Boyd C, Feger S, Crosas M. Repository Approaches to Improving the Quality of Shared Data and Code. Data. 2021; 6(2):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/data6020015
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrisovic, Ana; Mika, Katherine; Boyd, Ceilyn; Feger, Sebastian; Crosas, Mercè. 2021. "Repository Approaches to Improving the Quality of Shared Data and Code" Data 6, no. 2: 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/data6020015
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