Dados.IPB's Mission

The mission of the research data repository of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Dados.IPB) is to provide researchers with a reliable platform (Dataverse) for storage - according to national and international guidelines - related to FAIR principles and open access policies. Encourages the publication, management, and preservation of scientific data generated by IPB researchers, promoting transparency, collaboration, and re-use of data, opening research results to companies and other audiences, thus promoting innovation and the reproducibility of science. The protection of personal data, copyrights, and industrial property rights is also guaranteed.

Dados.IPB's Goals

The main goal of this document is to describe the preservation policy related to the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança’s Repository (Dados.IPB) of Research Data, known as Dados.IPB, which ensures that its data are reliably maintained and accessible to members of the IPB as well as external users related to the Dados.IPB. This document describes how the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) will support sustainable access to datasets, data collections (i.e. dataverses), metadata and related documents deposited in the Dados.IPB. Detailed strategies for preservation actions will be developed along with this policy. Detailed strategies for preservation actions will be developed along with this policy.