Registry of Research Data Repositories: a global registry, operated by DataCite and partner institutions, that lists research data repositories worldwide with descriptive metadata about their disciplines, content types, access conditions, and policies, helping researchers locate suitable repositories for deposit and discovery.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 10 Jul 2026

Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A researcher searching re3data for an oceanographic-data repository in their discipline.
Is an instance
A funder citing re3data as the authoritative list of repositories that satisfy deposit policy.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
A general web search engine is not re3data.
Not an instance
FAIRsharing is a related but distinct registry — broader in scope (standards, databases, policies).

Editorial commentary

Re3data (re3data.org) was launched in 2012 and is maintained by KIT, GFZ, and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in partnership with DataCite. Each repository entry carries metadata about institution, country, content type, discipline, access conditions, certifications, PID systems used, API availability, and language coverage. The registry is referenced by funders and journals when articulating deposit policy (‘deposit in a re3data-listed repository’), and by researchers when choosing a repository.

References

Pampel H., Vierkant P. et al., 'Making Research Data Repositories Visible: The re3data.org Registry', PLOS ONE 8(11), 2013.

Also known as

Registry of Research Data Repositories

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element

xml

<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Re3data (concept)"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/re3data-concept" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "@id": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/re3data-concept",
  "name": "Re3data (concept)",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/re3data-concept",
  "description": "Registry of Research Data Repositories: a global registry, operated by DataCite and partner institutions, that lists research data repositories worldwide with descriptive metadata about their disciplines, content types, access conditions, and policies, helping researchers locate suitable repositories for deposit and discovery.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/data-infrastructure#set",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/re3data-concept",
  "sameAs": [
    "Registry of Research Data Repositories"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://casrai.org/#organization"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-07-10T02:06:21",
  "inLanguage": "en"
}

Referenced across the research world

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