National Repository
Deposit, publish, and preserve your research data with FAIR guarantees.
What is the National Repository?
It is the research data repository offered by PLATICA to the entire national research community (universities, public research organizations, etc.), designed especially for disciplines without well-established thematic repositories (“the long tail of science”).
It is built on an open platform (for example, Dataverse) for managing and publishing research data. Each deposited dataset receives a DOI, ensuring citability, traceability, and preservation.
The repository covers deposit, controlled access when necessary, and long-term preservation with clear policies.
Step-by-step publication workflow
Upload your files and describe the dataset
Through a web form (without installing any local software).
Automatic validation
The system validates metadata, suggests improvements, and checks quality, formats, and correspondence with identifiers (people, institutions, projects).
DOI assignment and publication
It assigns a DOI and publishes the dataset according to the access policy you choose: open, restricted, only for your team, etc.
International visibility
The repository exposes the record to national and European infrastructures through standard protocols, increasing international visibility.
Accessible dataset
The dataset becomes accessible with its own landing page, usage documentation, and cross-links to publications, projects, and data management plans.
Who can use the Repository?
Citizenship / Unregistered user
They can create a new dataset, upload files, complete minimum metadata, choose a license and access model (private, restricted, open), and update versions.
Research staff / Data analysts
They can consult and download public datasets without logging in, promoting citizen science.
Integration with the PLATICA ecosystem
Automatic reflection in the National Catalog
The datasets published here are automatically reflected in CARREDI’s National Catalog for global discovery.
Linkage with DMP
Each dataset can be linked to a specific DMP, ensuring consistency between what was planned and what was actually deposited.
Feeds the Open Science Monitor
The aggregated information feeds indicators of the Monitor (for example, the level of data openness by institution or discipline).
