WashU Research Data - Submit Data - Research Data Management - Research Guides at Washington University in St. Louis

Step 1: WURD Login

WashU Research Data
WashU Research Data is an institutional data repository managed by the Washington University in St. Louis Libraries. It uses a cloud-based hosted repository service called TIND as its platform. TIND is based on the open-source Invenio software developed at the research institute CERN to manage its own scholarly output.
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TIND uses an OAIS-compliant approach to preservation, with redundancy backup, conversion to archival file formats, storage of archival packages on geographically separated servers, and fixity checking.
WURD FAQ
Other questions might be address in our FAQ. You may also email: researchdata [at] wustl [dot] edu

A submission form will open

Fill in the form fields as much as possible
- You will need to provide an ORCiD for authors
Upload your files
Be sure to include a Readme files; you can use WashU's README template
Click "Submit"

ORCiD for Researchers and Students
An overview of ORCiD and the signup process for an ORCiD account for WUSTL faculty members, researchers, and students.

What happens after you submit:

You will receive a confirmation email.
A curator will assign a draft DOI, begin the curation process, and contact you to let you know curation has begun
The curator will review the data for FAIRness (findability, accessibility, interoperability, resuability)
Once the initial review occurs, the curator may get back to you with questions (within 5 business days)

Once you and the curator have settled on changes to make the data FAIR, the curator will:
- make sure the FAIR data is uploaded
- make sure the FAIR readme is uploaded
- update the metadata
- make the DOI live
You will receive a confirmation email that the submission has been published.