Social sciences and humanities research data and metadata: A perspective from thematic data repositories

This paper studies research data repositories in the social sciences and humanities (SSH), from the Registry of Research Data Repositories ( re3data ), paying particular attention to metadata models used to describe the datasets included in them. 397 repositories are reviewed at the general level, including those of a multidisciplinary nature. We discuss and reflect on the special features of research data in these disciplines, and on coverage and information collected by re3data . The metadata schemas and standards most commonly used in SSH repositories are analyzed, with special emphasis on the six main repositories.

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