Glossary

Administrator of an institutional space

Any person who manages an institutional space or collection on the Recherche Data Gouv platform and the associated rights. S/he is responsible for ensuring compliance with the administrators' charter within that space.

API (web)

Application Programming Interface
A structured interface enabling automatic interaction with a third-party information system which generally includes on-demand data retrieval.

Collection

A space dedicated to the datasets of a collective (institution, laboratory, research project, etc.) or a given theme.

Curation

Checking the metadata and data files deposited in the repository and, if necessary, suggesting modifications to improve the quality of the datasets in compliance with the curators' charter.

Curator

Any person who curates datasets by checking the metadata and data files deposited on the Recherche Data Gouv platform. A curator may suggest modifications to improve the documentation quality of the datasets in compliance with the curators' charter.

Data paper

A publication that describes a scientific dataset particularly through structured information called metadata. A data paper presents the context in which the data were produced but does not refer to the hypotheses that were tested or the analyses carried out, unlike a traditional research article.
Source: https://doranum.fr/data-paper-data-journal/data-papers-et-data-journals-fiche-synthetique_10_13143_2wcb-fw52/

Dataset

A coherent set of information or resources (data files, explanation files, API, links, etc.) and metadata (presentation, publication date, keywords, geographical/temporal coverage, etc.).

Dataverse

A free software used to develop the Recherche Data Gouv platform. Please see: https://dataverse.org/

Depositor

Any person registered in the repository and authorised to access it who publishes a dataset of public interest.

Digital fingerprint

A checksum consisting of numbers and letters that attests to a file's authenticity and technical reliability.