Purpose

The purpose of this study was to understand the landscape of Indian research data repositories (RDRs) indexed in the re3data.org. The study analysed the metadata elements of Indian RDRs to identify their disciplinary orientations, typology, standards adopted, foreign collaborations, etc. The study ascertained the current status of the Indian RDRs by visiting their respective websites and tried to identify and map the exact disciplinary orientation of each RDR.

Design/methodology/approach

The study used “content analysis” of the metadata elements extracted from re3data.org along with the information analysis of the respective websites of the registered RDRs.

Findings

The study identified that only 80% of the Indian RDRs listed by the re3data.org is currently active. Most of the Indian RDRs are hosted by the central and state governments and are almost equally distributed among Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences domains. The data provided by the re3data.org for the Indian RDRs are not complete and up-to-date.

Practical implications

The findings indicate the presence of a good number of inactive RDRs in the re3data.org. The study suggests using a revised version of the DFG subject classification scheme or considering a standard classification scheme for subject indexing.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first of its kind that critically analysed the metadata values extracted and moved further to identify the current status of Indian RDRs.

中文翻译：

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re3data 注册表中索引的印度数据存储库现状

目的

本研究的目的是了解 re3data.org 中索引的印度研究数据存储库 (RDR) 的概况。该研究分析了印度 RDR 的元数据元素，以确定其学科取向、类型、采用的标准、对外合作等。该研究通过访问印度 RDR 各自的网站来确定印度 RDR 的现状，并试图识别和绘制确切的学科取向每个 RDR 的。

设计/方法论/途径

该研究使用了从 re3data.org 提取的元数据元素的“内容分析”以及注册 RDR 各自网站的信息分析。

发现

研究发现，re3data.org 列出的印度 RDR 目前只有 80% 处于活跃状态。大多数印度 RDR 由中央和邦政府主办，几乎平均分布在生命科学、自然科学和社会科学领域。re3data.org 提供的印度 RDR 数据并不完整和最新。

实际影响

研究结果表明，re3data.org 中存在大量不活动的 RDR。该研究建议使用 DFG 主题分类方案的修订版本或考虑主题索引的标准分类方案。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，这项研究是同类研究中第一个对提取的元数据值进行批判性分析的研究，并进一步确定印度 RDR 的现状。