TU Dresden

OpARA Research Data Repository

OpARA (Open Access Repository and Archive) is the research-data repository for researchers of TU Dresden and TU Bergakademie Freiberg, operated by the ZIH. It supports long-term archiving and open-access publication of research data and is registered as a data provider in OpenAIRE/OpenDOAR.

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https://tu-dresden.de/zih/forschung/projekte/opara

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: tu-dresden:opara
name: OpARA Research Data Repository
description: OpARA (Open Access Repository and Archive) is the research-data repository for researchers
  of TU Dresden and TU Bergakademie Freiberg, operated by the ZIH. It supports long-term archiving and
  open-access publication of research data and is registered as a data provider in OpenAIRE/OpenDOAR.
humanURL: https://opara.zih.tu-dresden.de/
baseURL: https://opara.zih.tu-dresden.de/
tags:
- Research Data
- Repository
- Open Access
- Archive
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://tu-dresden.de/zih/forschung/projekte/opara