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Etsin is a research data finder service Forms a metadata catalogue for research data Provides an URN identifier for data sets Enables meriting researchers based on datasets Offers information on possibility of reuse of data Works independently of data storage location

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Etsin is a research data finder service Aimed at researchers, research groups and organisations Centralized service for metadata on research datasets Contains only metadata, not the data itself (only via link) Launched in December 2014 Open Science and Research initiative’s service, offered by

Ministry of Education and Culture, provided by CSC

Etsin background

Etsin benefits

Search research datasets independent of storage location Offers guidance and tools for describing research datasets Metadata increases the discoverability of the dataset Provides an identifier for data sets Enables accumulation of merit to researchers Supports the creation of application forms for data access Fosters unified license and access rights policies

Etsin metadata

Metadata on research datasets is collected into Etsin Metadata may be searched and browsed openly Adding metadata on a dataset required HAKA identification Minimum requirements for metadata (minimum metadata

model) The better a dataset is described, the easier it is for others

to find and utilize it Recommendable but not required to open the dataset itself

Etsin technology

CKAN extension Python Minimum metadata model adhered to URN PIDs assigned to datasets, also support for other IDs DDI and OAI-PMH metadata harvesting REMS user rights management Versatile API

https://etsin.avointiede.fihttp://etsin.avointiede.fi/api/3

Other ATT services

Etsin forms part of the services of the Open science and research initiative along with other services Research data storage service IDA Open data publishing platform AVAA

Metadata is harvested into Etsin from other archives, such as Finnish Social Science Data Archive for human sciences data National Language Bank for language corpora

Data planning

Data search/collection

Data analysis

Data storage

Data access

Data reuse

Data lifecycle and Open Science services

Data management guide and

checklist

METADATA

DATA

OPENCLOSED

Supporting varied degrees of openness

Open Science and Research services Services offered by MINEDU Services free of charge to end-users Services provided by various partners Developed under direction from the initiative Recommended by e.g. by the Academy of Finland

Existing services developed continuously and new services piloted within the initiative

More information and contacts

Service website openscience.fi/services

Open science contact address avointiede@postit.csc.fi

CSC Service Desk servicedesk@csc.fi +358 9 457 2821 (weekdays 8:30-16:00)