Designing Repository-Level Evaluation Criteria: A Data Stewardship Framework for Research Data Repositories
By: Sooyeon Han, Suntae Kim, JongGyu Han and Juseop Kim
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2026-033 | Journal eISSN: 1683-1470
Language: English
Page range: 33 - 33
Submitted on: Aug 8, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 31, 2026
Published on: Aug 21, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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