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Natural History Museum Data Portal (NHM Data Portal)
The British natural history collection is one of the most important in the world, documenting 4.5 billion years of life, the Earth and the solar system. Almost all animal, plant, mineral and fossil groups are represented. The portal's main dataset consists of specimens from the Museum's collection database, with over 4 million records from the Museum’s Palaeontology, Mineralogy, Botany, Entomology and Zoology collections.
- Website
- Record in FAIRsharing (doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.88ea35)
- Subjects: Botany, Entomology, Geochemistry, Life Science, Natural History, Paleontology, Zoology
What is known per question
The questions of the decision tree, with what FAIRsharing says about this repository. ✓ supported, ✗ excluded, ? not known. Your own answers are marked.
What kind of data do you want to archive?
- ? Spectra
- ? Crystal structures
- ? Computational chemistry
- ? Catalysis
- ? Compounds and reactions
- ? Bioassays and chemical biology
- ? Materials and polymers
- ? Images and microscopy
- ? Something else
Subjects: Botany; Entomology; Geochemistry; Life Science; Natural History; Paleontology; Zoology
Does the journal or publisher you publish with require or recommend a repository?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which discipline does your data belong to?
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Which publisher?
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Does your funder have requirements for where data is archived?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which funder?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Does your institution offer a data repository?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which institution?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Can your data be shared openly?
- ✓ Yes, openly available
- ? Yes, after an embargo
- ✗ Only with restrictions
Data access: open: The Museum is committed to open access and open science
Data deposition: controlled
How large is your dataset?
- ? Less than 1 GB
- ? 1 GB to 50 GB
- ? 50 GB to 1 TB
- ? More than 1 TB
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Why can the data not be open?
- ? It contains personal data
- ? Commercial or intellectual property reasons
- ? Safety or security concerns
- ? A data sharing agreement limits it
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Under which license do you want to share the data?
- ? CC0 / public domain
- ? CC BY
- ? Another open license
- ? Not decided yet
Licences: GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0; Natural History Museum Privacy notice; Natural History Museum Data Portal Terms and conditions
Do you need a persistent identifier, such as a DOI, for citing the data?
- ? Yes, a DOI
- ? Any persistent identifier will do
- ? No
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Must the data be stored in a specific region?
- ✗ In the European Union
- ? In a specific country
- ✓ No preference
Country: United Kingdom
Must archiving be free of charge?
- ? Yes, free only
- ? A fee is fine
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which country?
✓ 1 of 15 in the list ✗ excludes 14
Country: United Kingdom