PublicnEUro's policies describe what the repository, data controllers, depositors and users commit to doing. Its standards describe how datasets and their governance information are represented, validated, exchanged and preserved.
The summaries below are provided for orientation. The complete policy pages, signed service agreements and dataset-specific licences or Data User Agreements remain authoritative.
Explains who operates PublicnEUro, how decisions are made, the responsibilities of the Oversight Committee, Management Committee, Data Protection Officer, and defines responsibilities and roles of data controllers, processor, data authors and users.
FAQ: sharing legally under GDPR · access approval · responsibility for legality
Describes eligible data, data author(s) responsibilities, required metadata, BIDS validation, DOI assignment, version publication and curation.
Explains open and controlled access, registration, institutional identification, Data User Agreements, international transfers, access approval and dataset-specific conditions.
FAQ: open access · user registration · non-EU users
Explains retention, storage, and the five published lifecycle states:
active: normally available from PublicnEUro;archived: retained in cold storage and subject to retrieval delay;retired: files are no longer held by PublicnEUro, but metadata and a controller contact remain;withdrawn: data access has ceased;superseded: a newer version or replacement should normally be used.Dataset metadata and DOI landing pages are maintained independently of the availability of the files. Withdrawn records retain an appropriate public record where legally possible. This follows Crossref's guidelines that landing pages guidance remain public even when content is restricted or removed -- see the y the Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CORREC) paper.
Summarises identity and access management, encryption, access logging, risk management, incident response and the handling of repository-user personal information.
FAQ: reporting a privacy or security concern · GDPR sharing overview
Explains the repository's institutional basis, cost-recovery model, service review, succession arrangements and what happens to metadata, identifiers and preserved data if the service changes or closes.
PublicnEUro currently uses or produces:
Each dataset record separates: