Repository details

UK Data Service

Name of repository
UK Data Service
Additional name(s)
  • UKDS
Repository URL
https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/
Subject(s)
Description
The UK Data Service is a national data service funded by the ESRC to provide research access to the UK’s largest collection of social, economic and population data including UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal studies, UK census data, international aggregate, business data, and qualitative data. Designed to meet the data needs of researchers, students and teachers from all sectors, including academia, central and local government, charities and foundations, independent research centres, think tanks, business consultants and analysts, communities and the commercial sector, the UK Data Service provides access to high-quality social and economic data; support for policy-relevant research; guidance and training for the development of skills in data use, and the development of best practice in digital preservation and sharing. Data users can browse collections online and register to analyse and download them. Open Data collections are available for anyone to use. Key partners include JISC, the University of Manchester, University of Southampton, University of Leeds, University of Edinburgh and University College London (UCL). The lead partner is the UK Data Archive (http://service.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010215) based at the University of Essex, a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) certified against the CoreTrustSeal (https://www.coretrustseal.org/) and certified against ISO27001 for Information Security (http://www.iso.org/iso/iso27001). The UK Data Service replaces the earlier ESRC investments of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), the Secure Data Service (SDS), the Survey Question Bank and elements of the ESRC Census Programme.
Contact
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • ROR:0468x4e75
  • FAIRsharing_doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.1ky0cs
Repository size
over 7.000 collections
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • other
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/about-us/purpose.aspx
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
Economic and Social Research Council
Additional name(s)
  • ESRC
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:03n0ht308
Contact(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
UK Data Archive, University of Essex
Additional name(s)
  • UKDA
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:03fknw408
Contact(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University College London, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
Additional name(s)
  • CASA
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of Edingurgh, EDINA
Contact(s)
  • edina@ed.ac.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of Leeds, School of Geography
Contact(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of Manchester, Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research
Additional name(s)
  • CMI
Contact(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
University of Southampton, Geography and Environmental Science
Contact(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (4)

Policy Name
Terms of Use
Policy Name
Collections Development Policy
Policy Name
Data Access Policy
Policy Name
Preservation Policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (2)

Database License
other
Database License
Copyrights

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration
  • other
  • feeRequired
Type of access to data
embargoed

Data licenses (4)

DataLicense
other
DataLicense
other
DataLicense
Copyrights
DataLicense
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Licence Agreement
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub/new-to-using-data/#cite-data-correctly
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

API type
OAI-PMH

Metadata standards (4)

Metadata standard name
DataCite Metadata Schema
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard name
Dublin Core
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard name
QuDEx - Qualitative Data Exchange Format
Metadata standard scheme
DCC
Metadata standard name
DDI - Data Documentation Initiative
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Remarks

Remarks
Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) is now integrated into the UK Data Service; The new website consolidates and integrates four services established and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), the Secure Data Service, the Survey Question Bank and elements of the ESRC Census Programme.UK Data Service-Census Support covers the census services previously provided by the Census Dissemination Unit (CDU), the Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) the Centre for Interaction Data Estimation and Research (CIDER) and UKBORDERS.
Entry date
2013-05-21
Last update
2022-03-02
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re3data.org: UK Data Service; editing status 2022-03-02; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3230F last accessed: 2023-06-07