1. Research data finder Etsin
© 2016 OKM ATT 2014–2017 initiative 
Licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0

2. Open Science and Research Initiative 2014-2017
Ministry of Education and Culture initiative for the promotion of information availability and open science
Goal is to make Finland a leading country in openness of science and research by the year 2017
The initiative scope includes research publications, data, and methods
Several open science services are offered by the Ministry to researchers
openscience.fi

3. Open Science and Research services
Services offered by the Ministry of Education and Culture
Services provided by various partners, incl. CSC
Services free of charge to end-users
Services recommended by research funders, e.g. the Academy of Finland
Existing services are developed continuously and new services piloted within the initiative

4. For whom are the services offered?
The services can be utilized by a single researcher, a research group or a research network operating across organizations
Research organizations can offer their data to be published in the services and utilize their storage quota
The Ministry of Education and Culture offers the services to the actors in the Finnish research system so the services are free of charge to end-users

5. Why use the services? Risks related to data loss and misuse decrease
Data are safely stored for reuse and have a permanent identifier enabling e.g. citation
You may use others’ data and share your own facilitating collaboration in research groups and between organizations
Openness increases the visibility of research
Support for data policies and answers to funder requirements
Several services and customer support free of charge

6. What can one do with the services?
Open science services support various stages of the research process and levels of openness
You can store, describe and share your data
You can also search and utilize data from others
Data is managed within the service portfolio using unique and permanent identifiers
The descriptive information enables controlled data sharing and ensures that the author and owner of data gain merit

7. Services support stages of the research process
Open data publishing platform
Data management planning tool
Long-term preservation service for research
Research data finder
Research data storage service

8. Research data finder

9. Etsin is a research data finder service
Centralized service for data on research data
Offers information on existing research datasets and possibility of reuse of data regardless of storage location
Contains only descriptions of the data (metadata), does not store the data itself
Continuous service offered by MINEDU and produced by CSC
etsin.avointiede.fi

10. Etsin enables
Searching for research data independent of storage location
Describing your own dataset with guidance and tools
Enhanced discoverability of datasets via rich descriptions
Receiving a permanent identifier for datasets when needed
Accumulation of merit to researchers through increased visibility and possible data re-use
Creation of application forms for data access when applications for re-use are welcome from other users

11. Etsin metadata Metadata on research datasets is collected into Etsin
Describing your dataset by adding metadata on it requires authentication via your Haka credentials
Metadata may be searched and browsed openly
The better a dataset is described, the easier it is to find and utilize it
When possible under law and agreements, also the publishing of the data itself is recommended

12. etsin.avointiede.fi
etsin.avointiede.fi/api/3

13. Search for datasets

14. Describe a dataset

15. Services support good data management

16. Service portfolio

17. Supporting varied degrees of openness
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18. Promoting openness Agree on ownership and copyright issues
Document these as part of your dataset’s description in Etsin
Take care of licencing the research results
Open science and research initiative recommends the CC BY 4.0 licence for data
Metadata is published under the CC0 waiver
Utilize the service infrastructure offered for research data
Store your data in IDA and offer it to be published in AVAA

19. More information and contacts
Open science service homepages and instructions
openscience.fi/services
Open science contact address
CSC Service Desk
weekdays 8:30-16:00