Repository details
DataFirst
Name of repository
DataFirst
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
DataFirst's open research data repository, based at the University of Cape Town, gives open access to disaggregated administrative and survey data from African governments and research entities. DataFirst also operates a secure centre at the university to give researchers access to highly-disaggregated South African data.
Contact
- https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/
- support@data1st.org
Content type(s)
Certificates and Standards
Keyword(s)
Repository size
493 studies
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- eng
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institution name
University of Cape Town
Additional name(s)
- UCT
Identifier(s)
- ROR:03p74gp79
Contact(s)
- info@data1st.org
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
ICSU World Data System
Additional name(s)
- WDS
Identifier(s)
- ROR:005vhrs19
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Additional name(s)
- ICPSR
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (1)
Policy Name
Data Curation Process
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- other
- registration
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Public Domain
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
- other
Data upload license (1)
Data upload license name
Deposit Data
Data upload license URL
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- Nesstar
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes
Metadata standards (2)
Metadata standard name
Dublin Core
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard URL
Metadata standard name
DDI - Data Documentation Initiative
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard URL
Remarks
Remarks
Datafirst is the first African member of the ICSU World Data System and the only DSA-certified African repository. Datafirst is the coordinating member of Southern African membership of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Economic Research (ICPSR).
The repository software is the open source National Data Archive (NADA) software developed by the World Bank using the Nesstar source code with permission and downloadable from https://nada.ihsn.org/
Entry date
2013-02-27
Last update
2020-02-04
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re3data.org: DataFirst; editing status 2020-02-04; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3QS3C last accessed: 2020-08-10-
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