Research Data Archive on Norstore (sigma2)

The Research Data Archive https://archive.sigma2.no/ allows storing research data and making it accessible to other researchers up to 10 years, including getting a DOI for the dataset.

Some journals require that datasets are archived, referenced with a DOI and made accessible. See for instance this page for AMS journals.

UiO recommends using the Norwegian national archive Norstore Archive: https://archive.sigma2.no/ This service is available to academically funded researchers for free, regardless the size of the data set. You’ll have to get approval from sigma2 before using it. Log onto archive.sigma2.no/, press «deposit» and request access. You will get access through your FEIDE account (meaning: no extra passwords to remember).

See https://www.sigma2.no/content/nird-research-data-archive for more information and this user guide: https://www.sigma2.no/content/archive-user-guide. And, yes, it IS possible to upload datasets directly from project areas, for instance /projects/researchers/researchers01/irenebn (see chap 2.7.2). Phew! I have 300+ GB to upload.

See also this geoIT wiki page for more information about data storage at UiO.

Written by IBN, July 2018