Why Coscine?
Coscine is particularly suitable for collaborative research projects and the handling of large amounts of data, as well as for projects that require structured and comprehensible data management.
Features of Coscine
- Structured storage and organization of research data in projects
- Description of data using flexible metadata schemas
- Project members - even from different institutions - can be invited and assigned roles and access rights.
- Archiving of research data for up to 10 years after the end of the project
- Integration of different storage types (e.g. web and S3 storage)
- Support for FAIR data practices
What can't Coscine do?
- No classic cloud storage solution for any files and no replacement for local drives or simple sharing services
- No direct publication of research data (no DOI assignment). Coscine can only be used to submit requests to external publication services
- No classic long-term archiving beyond 10 years
How do researchers get access or storage resources in Coscine?
Researchers at the University of Siegen can log in to Coscine via the institutional login (SSO).
All newly created projects in Coscine automatically receive 100 GB of web storage space, provided that they are registered via an institutional account or the accounts have been linked.
Storage takes place via DataStorage.nrw, a secure and redundant infrastructure in NRW.
Storage space for larger amounts of data can be requested by researchers themselves:
- First, a project is created in Coscine.
- Suitable storage resources can then be requested within the project.
- Depending on the type of resource, a brief description is required, e.g. on the type of data, scope and use (see "Guidelines for using Coscine storage resources" below).
- The application will be reviewed. The review is based on defined criteria (e.g. project description, data volume, utilization concept).
- After approval, the resource is activated in the project and can be used directly.
The aim is to allocate resources transparently and in line with demand.
The underlying criteria are publicly documented (see Selection Policy and Evaluation Guidelines).
