Standardy oceny repozytoriów danych badawczych: przegląd dostępnych i stosowanych certyfikatów wiarygodności repozytoriów
Standards for assessing research data repositories: an overview of available and applicable certification systems for trustworthy repositories

Summary/Abstract: Purpose/Thesis: The amount of digital research data is constantly growingworldwide, and the need to store and share it in a secure environment is becoming appar-ent. Online platforms called repositories are a widely recognized place to collect researchresults. From the point of view of the long-term security of the data deposited in them, it isimportant that repositories meet generally accepted standards, so that they can be countedamong the ‘trusted repositories’. In addition, providing open access to or at least storingresearch data in so-called trusted repositories is becoming one of the requirements forproper accounting of scientific research projects. The purpose of this article is to presentthe result of a review of tools for obtaining certification that confirms the trustworthinessof research data repositories. Certificates which formed the basis for the development ofthe 2010 Memorandum of Understanding were selected (including the necessary update).The number of institutions and their repositories with a current certificate awarded wasalso checked. Approach/Methods: The study applied the method of critical analysis ofdocumentation using normative and informative materials found on the websites of en-tities that audit and certify digital repositories. Results and conclusions: Research has shown that, as of now, only about 4% of repositories registered with the international reg-istry of research data repositories re3data.org have at least one current widely recognizedcertificate. Factors discouraging people from applying for a prestigious certificate may beits price and the lengthy process of evaluating and verifying an application.

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