Repository details

Open Context

Name of repository
Open Context
Repository URL
https://opencontext.org/
Subject(s)
Description
Open Context is a free, open access resource for the electronic publication of primary field research from archaeology and related disciplines. It emerged as a means for scholars and students to easily find and reuse content created by others, which are key to advancing research and education. Open Context's technologies focus on ease of use, open licensing frameworks, informal data integration and, most importantly, data portability.Open Context currently publishes 132 projects.
Contact
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
132 projects
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://opencontext.org/about/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • service provider
  • data provider
Institution name
California Digital Library
Additional name(s)
  • CDL
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:03yrm5c26
  • RRID:SCR_006481
  • RRID:nlx_156041
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Additional name(s)
  • IMLS
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:030prv062
  • RRID:SCR_011316
  • RRID:nlx_157265
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Endowment for the Humanities
Additional name(s)
  • NEH
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02vdm1p28
  • RRID:SCR_000333
  • RRID:nlx_151503
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
The Alexandria Archive Institute
Additional name(s)
  • AAI
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:05691ev83
Contact(s)
  • contact@alexandriaarchive.org
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2006
Institution name
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:04hd1y677
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Intellectual Property and Open Context
Policy Name
Terms of Use and Privacy Policies

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database License
CC

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
CC

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
open

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Data Publication Guidelines for Contributors
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
  • ARK
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Data citation guideline
https://opencontext.org/about/uses
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

API type
other

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard name
Darwin Core
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Alerting services (2)

Type of alerting service
RSS
Type of alerting service
ATOM

Remarks

Remarks
Open Context is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index.
Entry date
2012-10-18
Last update
2023-04-11
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re3data.org: Open Context; editing status 2023-04-11; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R30P46 last accessed: 2024-04-19