Repository details
Kikapu
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Name of repository
Kikapu
Additional name(s)
- University of the Western Cape Institutional Research Data Respository
- UWC Data Repository
- UWC Figshare Repository
- UWC IDR
Repository URL
Subject(s)
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Humanities
- Art History, Music, Theatre and Media Studies
- Linguistics
- Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Economics
- Management and Marketing
- Life Sciences
- Biology
- Plant Sciences
- Zoology
- Medicine
- Medicine
- Dentistry, Oral Surgery
- Natural Sciences
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Astrophysics and Astronomy
- Mathematics
- Engineering Sciences
- Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
Description
<<<!!! Kikapu appears to be offline as of 2025-08-01 !!!>>>The University of the Western Cape (UWC) uses Figshare for Institutions for their institutional research data repository. It is called Kikapu, and serves as a repository for storing and disseminating research data.
Contact(s)
- administrative: rdm-support@uwc.ac.za
- administrative: eresearch-support@uwc.ac.za
Keyword(s)
Repository size
1.422 items; 2 collections
Repository type(s)
- institutional
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Dates
Offline
2025-08-01
Institutions (1)
Additional name(s)
- UWC
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
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 (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- institutional membership
Data licenses (2)
Data license
Data license
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- institutional membership
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- figshare
Data citation guideline
Author identifier system(s)
- ORCID
Enhanced publication
yes
Metadata standards (2)
Metadata standard
Metadata standard
Remarks
Remarks
UWC Research Repository: The repository is a service that stores, distributes and displays digital copies of research output of UWC faculty https://repository.uwc.ac.za/
UWC Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository: The University of the Western Cape electronic theses and dissertations repository holds full-text theses submitted for degree purposes since 2004, with selected titles prior to 2004 https://etd.uwc.ac.za/
Entry date
2021-03-16
Last update
2025-08-01
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