Repository details

Western University Dataverse

Name of repository
Western University Dataverse
Repository URL
https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/westernu
Subject(s)
Description
Western University's Dataverse is a research data repository for our faculty, students, and staff. Files are held in a secure environment on Canadian servers. Researchers can choose to make content available publicly, to specific individuals, or to keep it locked.
Contact(s)
  • rsclib@uwo.ca
Keyword(s)
Repository size
35 dataverses; 1.413 datasets; 4.317 files
Repository type(s)
  • institutional
Mission statement for designated community
https://rdm.uwo.ca/
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
  • French
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (5)

Institution
Dataverse Project
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Harvard University, Institute for Quantitave Social Science
Additional name(s)
  • IQSS
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Ontario Council of University Libraries
Additional name(s)
  • OCUL
  • Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l'Ontario
  • CBUO
Institution
Country
Canada
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Western University, Social Science Technology Services
Country
Canada
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Western University, Western Libraries
Country
Canada
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy
Policy Name
Terms and Conditions

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Public Domain

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • institutional membership
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • hdl
Name of the repository software
  • Dataverse
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://dataverse.org/best-practices/data-citation
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
unknown

Application programming interfaces (2)

Type
SWORD
Url
https://borealisdata.ca/guides/en/4.5/api/sword.html
Type
REST
Url
https://borealisdata.ca/guides/en/4.5/api/native-api.html

Metadata standards (3)

Metadata standard
DataCite Metadata Schema
Metadata standard
DDI (Data Documentation Initiative)
Metadata standard
Dublin Core

Remarks

Remarks
Western University Dataverse is part of Scholars Portal Dataverse. As of 2022-06 Scholars Portal Dataverse is Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository
Entry date
2018-08-10
Last update
2023-04-27
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re3data.org: Western University Dataverse; editing status 2023-04-27; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3PF8H last accessed: 2025-04-29