Examples
Worked examples
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The Protein Data Bank (PDB) as a domain repository for macromolecular structures.
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ArrayExpress as a domain repository for functional-genomics experiments.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A generic data archive accepting any topic is not a domain repository.
- Not an instance
An institutional repository scoped by institution rather than by discipline is not a domain repository.
Editorial commentary
The term ‘domain repository’ is used interchangeably with ‘discipline-specific repository’ in much of the literature. Some communities differentiate them — ‘domain’ for broad fields (e.g. life sciences), ‘discipline-specific’ for narrower sub-fields (e.g. proteomics) — but the terms are not consistently distinguished. Funder policies and repository registries (re3data, FAIRsharing) typically treat them as one category against the contrast with ‘generalist repository’.
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Also known as
Discipline repository · Specialist repository
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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"sameAs": [
"Discipline repository",
"Specialist repository"
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