Repository details
Open Context
Name of repository
Open Context
Repository URL
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(s)
- administrative: https://opencontext.org/about/people#contact-editors
- administrative: skansa@alexandriaarchive.org
Keyword(s)
Repository size
143 projects
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- serviceProvider
- dataProvider
Dates
Started
2006
Institutions (5)
Additional name(s)
- CDL
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- IMLS
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- NEH
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- AAI
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2006
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (2)
Policy name
Policy name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database license
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (2)
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
open
Data upload license (1)
Data upload license name
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
- ARK
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Data citation guideline
Application programming interfaces (1)
Metadata standards (1)
Metadata standard
Alerting services (2)
Remarks
Remarks
Open Context is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index.
Entry date
2012-10-18
Last update
2026-10-16
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