U.S. Policy: Evaluating Dryad’s Alignment with the National Science and Technology Council’s Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research | Dryad news and views

"In May, The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) released “a consistent set of desirable characteristics for data repositories” to help government agencies provide guidance to their research communities on selecting appropriate data repositories. These characteristics, covering a range of features from organizational sustainability to data quality assurance, will help to ensure that data resulting from federally funded research is broadly accessible, robustly curated, and preserved over the long term.  As a mission-driven data publishing platform curating tens of thousands of data sets, many originating from federally funded research, Dryad is grateful to have had the chance to submit feedback in anticipation of these recommendations and is now pleased to share the ways in which our infrastructure and services naturally align with the NSTC’s recommendations. ..."