DISC – UK / DataShare Project
The DISC-UK DataShare project, led by EDINA and the Edinburgh University Data Library, with partners at the Universities of Southampton and Oxford, has advanced the current provision of repository services for accommodating datasets in the UK. With three institutions taking part, a range of exemplars has emerged from the establishment of institutional data repositories and related services based on open source platforms. The approach took a major turn midway through when an apparent solution to the problem of lack of voluntary deposits arose, in the form of the Data Audit Framework.