Data Archiving and Networked Services DANS is an institute of KNAW en NWO Data Archiving and Networked Services DANS Peter Doorn, director DANS IP Inspiratiemiddag GEOdata 20 November 2014, Den Haag
What is DANS? Institute of Dutch Academy and Research F unding O rganisation (KNAW & NWO) since 2005 First predecessor dates back to 1964 (Steinmetz Foundation), Historical Data Archive 1989 Mission: promote and provide permanent access to digital research information Happy to host the EuroCRIS secretariat
Research Data Netherlands Mission: the promotion of sustained access and responsible re-use of digital research data Cooperation of DANS, 3TU.Datacentre and SURFsara (training, Dutch Data Award) Towards a collaborative data infrastructure
EASY: Electronic Archiving System for self-deposit NARCIS: Gateway to scholarly information In the Netherlands Our core services New service from May 1 st onward: Dutch Dataverse
Research Data Services: the EASY long-term Electronic Archiving System Metadata in 6 varieties > datasets archived
Datasets accessible via DANS (EASY/NARCIS) November 2010: 1 million data files March 2013: 2 million data files (25,000 data sets)
Reuse of datasets from DANS archive
DANS 40 datasets in category “Geospatial”, mainly topographical and cadastral maps (TOP10, TOP25) – archiving c. 2 versions annually Historical topography: archived, will be available soon – several 100s of Topographical Military Maps since c – several 1000s of georeferenced 'Bonnebladen' 18xx-19xx Archaeological geodata Wish: archiving the geodata accessible via National Geo Registre and PDOK (Public Services on the Map) TMK 1850, blad 37 - Rotterdam Bonneblad 114-Roden (verk. 1899; druk 1903) tiff
Archaeology and geodata (1) Mapsearch archaeology: expose archaeological datasets in Google maps Expose archaeological geodata to Europeana CARARE project:
Archaeology and geodata (2) Individual datasets viewed on Google maps Many archaeological datasets contain GIS/geodata: field maps/drawings (Mapinfo, ArcGis, AutoCAD) Mapinfo and ArcGIS published in MID/MIF exchange formats; CAD-data as DXF-R12
Data Archiving and Networked Services DANS is an institute of KNAW en NWO Thank you for your attention The work DANS does summarized in a 4 minute video, introduced by Neelie