Repository details

Sextant

Name of repository
Sextant
Additional name(s)
  • Infrastructure de Données Géographiques (IDG) marines et littorales
Repository URL
https://sextant.ifremer.fr/eng#/home
Subject(s)
Description
Sextant is a marine and coastal geographic data infrastructure. It is operated by Scientific Information Systems for the Sea (SISMER) of Ifremer (https://www.ifremer.fr/). Sextant aims to document, disseminate and promote a catalog of data related to the marine environment. For Ifremer's laboratories and partners, as well as for national and European actors working in the marine and coastal field, Sextant provides tools that promote and facilitate the archiving, consultation and availability of these geographical data. Data published by Sextant are available free or restricted. They can be used in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons license selected by the author of data. Sextant infrastructure and the technologies used are in line with the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and make it possible to follow the Open Data approach. Some data set published by Sextant has a DOI which enables it to be cited in a publication in a reliable and sustainable way. The long-term preservation of data filed in Sextant is ensured by Ifremer infrastructure.
Contact(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://sextant.ifremer.fr/eng/Presentation
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
  • French
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (2)

Institution
lfremer
Additional name(s)
  • Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer
  • French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
  • Instituto Francés de Investigación para la Explotación del Mar
Institution
Country
France
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
lfremer, Scientific Information Systems for the Sea, Oceanographic Data
Additional name(s)
  • SISMER
  • Systèmes d’informations scientifiques pour la Mer, Portail des données marines
Country
France
Type(s) of responsibility
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Mentions légals
Policy Name
CoreTrustSeal assessment

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 (2)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
OGL

Data upload (1)

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

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
CC
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
yes
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
other
Url
https://sextant.ifremer.fr/eng/Services/Use-the-Sextant-API

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
ISO 19115

Remarks

Remarks
SISMER is accredited as a Reference Data Center by CoreTrustSeal and as a National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) by the International Oceanographic Data and information Exchange (IODE).
Entry date
2022-08-29
Last update
2024-10-18
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re3data.org: Sextant; editing status 2024-10-18; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R31NJN9M last accessed: 2025-04-28