Long-term data preservation#
GitHub is great, but long-term preservation of data stored on GitHub is not
guaranteed. To promote long-term preservation of data from instances of
AFQ-Browser, and eventual integration across data-sets
we record data published through AFQ-Browser (see Creating and publishing an AFQ-Browser instance) in
AFQ Vault, a centralized data-base of AFQ-Browser
instances.
In addition, we recommend that users of the software create a digital object
identifier for their instance of AFQ-Browser. One great way to do that uses
Zenodo (see below).
Using Zenodo for long-term data preservation#
Zenodo is as service developed by CERN to provide a platform for open and sustainable science (see About Zenodo for more details).
To create a digital object identifier (DOI) for your GitHub-published
instance of AFQ-Browser join Zenodo with
your GitHub account. After you do that, you can deposit the GitHub repository
that holds your instance of AFQ-Browser by following these steps:
Flip the switch for your repo on Zenodo’s GitHub settings page
Create a release in the GitHub repo containing your instance of
AFQ-Browser. See this page for instructions.