Repository details
National Geoscience Data Centre
Name of repository
National Geoscience Data Centre
Additional name(s)
- NGDC
Subject(s)
Description
The BGS is a data-rich organisation with over 400 datasets in its care; including environmental monitoring data, digital databases, physical collections (borehole core, rocks, minerals and fossils), records and archives. Our data is managed by the National Geoscience Data Centre.
Contact(s)
- administrative: ngdc@bgs.ac.uk
Certificate(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
77.850 records
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (2)
Additional name(s)
- BGS
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- NERC
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (5)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (3)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- feeRequired
Type of access to data
closed
Data licenses (2)
DataLicense
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
open
Data upload license (1)
Data upload license name
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Versioning
no
Data citation guideline
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (2)
Type
FTP
Url
Type
REST
Url
Metadata standards (1)
Metadata standard
Remarks
Remarks
NGDC is covered by Clarivate Data Citation Index.
NGDC is one of the Data Centres of NERC, https://www.ukri.org/councils/nerc/ .
NGDC is a regular member of ICSU World Data System - WDS.
Entry date
2013-01-31
Last update
2025-03-12
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