Funding agencies and bodies require data to be deposited in open access via subject-specific data repositories or institutional repositories. When selecting a repository for deposit, we must take the following into account:

• Whether the funding agency requires me to deposit in a specific repository
• The subject area 
• Storage capacity
• Ease of data retrieval
• Assignment of a unique and persistent identifier for each dataset (DOI or Handle)
• Possibility of setting an embargo period for the data
• Type of licence assigned to the dataset
• Long-term data preservation

You can deposit the data in different types of repositories:

• Institutional repositories: idUS Institutional Repository of the University of Seville
• Thematic repositories: arXiv for Physics and Mathematics, GEO for Genetics. You can consult directories such as Re3data or Data Repositories
• Multidisciplinary repositories: Zenodo, Dryad, Dataverse, Figshare, Eudat, Mendeley Data
• Alongside scientific publications: ODiSEA: International Registry on Research Data, is an international inventory of repositories and journals that accept research data on a global scale. It primarily lists journals that accept supplementary material (title and URL as a minimum). It is a joint project by researchers from six Spanish universities, linked to OpenDataScience-Datasea

Guidelines for selecting a data repository:

• Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Research Data
• Recommendations for selecting a repository in which to deposit research data from the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC)

The following requirements must be met:

• They must be produced by members of the University of Seville.
• Their public dissemination must not constitute a legal infringement.
• The authors of the data must have agreed to the deposit of research data under the idUS licence.
• The policy on the creation, retention, replacement and deletion of records for datasets is the standard policy applicable to all idUS content.
• Individual files must not exceed 2 GB. 
• Compressed files are not recommended.
• The data format must be supported by idUS. See the list of formats here.

If the data size exceeds 2 GB or needs to be compressed, please contact idUS at idus@us.es

To do so, please send the following documentation to idus@us.es or your Centre’s library:

• Data description template
• Non-exclusive distribution licence
• Data file
• Readme.txt. Download link File containing supplementary information for interpreting and reusing the data