1. Certification of Trusted Repositories
Wim Hugo
SAEON CDIO
WDS Scientific Committee Vice-Chair

2. ICSU World Data System
As an ICSU Interdisciplinary body, the mission of the World Data System is to
support ICSU’s vision by promoting long-term stewardship of, and universal and equitable access to, quality-assured scientific data and data services, products, and information
across a range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, and the humanities.
ICSU-WDS aims to facilitate scientific research under the ICSU umbrella by coordinating and supporting trusted scientific data services for the provision, use, and preservation of relevant datasets, while strengthening their links with the research community.

3. Core certification: Trustworthy Digital Repository
Trust is at the heart of Data Sharing: Users, Depositors, Funders…
Standards can play an important role in establishing Trust through Certification!
Standards can play an important role in establishing this trust. There has long been a demand for some way to evaluate, to assess the trustworthiness of a digital repository.
Over the last few years a number of evaluation guidelines are becoming available.
These standards not only take into account the technical infrastructure and standards, but also look at organisational, financial, staffing and legal aspects, workflows, risk management, etc.

4. Global Framework for Certification

5. DSA and WDS Core Certification
DSA and WDS: core mechanisms for repository assessment with many commonalities
WDS: 66 repositories and 10 networks,
DSA: 57 repositories
DSA and WDS: WG under Research Data Alliance
Harmonize core certification requirements and procedures, ultimately setting the stage for a global shared framework including other standards

6. DSA-WDS Common Requirements
Background information:
Context
Organizational infrastructure:
Mission/scope
Licenses
Continuity of access
Confidentiality and ethics
Organizational infrastructure
Expert guidance

7. DSA-WDS Common Requirements
Digital object management:
Data integrity and authenticity
Appraisal
Documented storage procedures
Preservation plan
Data quality
Workflows
Data discovery and identification
Data reuse

8. DSA-WDS Common Requirements
Technology:
Technical infrastructure
Security
Additional information and applicant feedback

9. DSA-WDS Common Requirements
Joint Assessment Processes:
URLs to evidence strongly encouraged
Maturity ratings strongly encouraged
Assessments to be publicly available
Successful completion means certification in both DSA and WDS
Renewals every three years

10. DSA-WDS Common Requirements
Sustainable Review Process
Pool of reviewers (training provided) drawn from DSA and WDS
Two reviewers (from DSA and WDS) for each application, approved by the new DSA– WDS Certification Board
Mutual Governance Process
DSA and WDS agree to work together to implement and steward the partnership

11. DSA-WDS Common Requirements
Introduce the new common requirements over the course of this year (launched at IDW 2016)
Continue work on the Common Procedures
Conduct outreach to other standards like nestor-SEAL and ISO

12. Trusted Repository Registry Services
Certification for all GEO data contributors?

13. Certification Architecture
Type of Data Repository or Service
Certification Basis
Certified By
Membership Of
Global or Domain Repository
ISO
nestor
DSA-WDS
ISO Auditor
Nestor
WDS
DSA
Global or Domain Data Services
Global, Regional, or Domain Networks
Institutional Repository
TRAC
Third Party Services
Self-Assessment
Network