{"id":320,"date":"2025-12-18T17:46:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=320"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:42:52","slug":"what-are-data-repositories","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/what-are-data-repositories\/","title":{"raw":"What are Data Repositories?","rendered":"What are Data Repositories?"},"content":{"raw":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/chapter\/what-is-open-data\/\">Previous Lesson<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<h4><img class=\"wp-image-804 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rdmoer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2528\/2025\/12\/1-2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"780\" \/><\/h4>\r\n<h4>Lesson 5 of 16<\/h4>\r\n<h3>A data repository is a place you can store your data to make it findable and accessible to others.<\/h3>\r\nIdeally, a repository should also be stewarding the data to ensure it is preserved and continues to be accessible for an appropriate length of time. 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