Repository details

National Geoscience Data Centre

Name of repository
National Geoscience Data Centre
Additional name(s)
  • NGDC
Repository URL
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/national-geoscience-data-centre/
Subject(s)
Description
The BGS is a data-rich organisation with over 400 datasets in its care; including environmental monitoring data, digital databases, physical collections (borehole core, rocks, minerals and fossils), records and archives. Our data is managed by the National Geoscience Data Centre.
Contact
  • ngdc@bgs.ac.uk
Content type(s)
Certificates and Standards
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • FAIRsharing_doi:10.25504/fairsharing.drz6sx
Repository size
77.159 records
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/information-hub/data-centres/?src=topNav
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
British Geological Survey
Additional name(s)
  • BGS
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:04a7gbp98
Contact(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Natural Environment Research Council
Additional name(s)
  • NERC
Identifier(s)
  • RRID:nlx_27406
  • RRID:SCR_012850
  • ROR:02b5d8509
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (5)

Policy Name
Legal framework
Policy Name
The Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations
Policy Name
Core Trust Seal
Policy Name
NGDC policies
Policy Name
BGS Research Data Management Policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (3)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • feeRequired
Type of access to data
closed

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
Copyrights
DataLicense
OGL

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
open

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
NGDC Digital Data Deposit Application
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
no
Data citation guideline
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/national-geoscience-data-centre/ngdc-cited-data/
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (2)

API type
FTP
API type
REST

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard name
ISO 19115
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Remarks

Remarks
NGDC is covered by Clarivate Data Citation Index. NGDC is one of the Data Centres of NERC, https://www.ukri.org/councils/nerc/ . NGDC is a regular member of ICSU World Data System - WDS.
Entry date
2013-01-31
Last update
2024-03-22
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re3data.org: National Geoscience Data Centre; editing status 2024-03-22; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R36W2C last accessed: 2024-04-18