| definition | Continued availability and ongoing usability of a digital resource, retaining all qualities of authenticity, accuracy and functionality deemed to be essential for the purposes the digital material was created and/or acquired for. Users who have access can retrieve, understand, manipulate, and store copies. |
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| definition | Users’ ability to gain access to or retrieve data once it has been discovered. This includes data instances where access to the data is limited, such as when user requests need to be authenticated and authorised. |
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| definition | Definitions of the access relationships between the following metadata: data object name, a user name (or user group, or user role), and access permission(s). The information can be stored as metadata information associated with each data object. The information can be generated dynamically by applying the access controls of the collection that organises the data objects (if a collection sticky bit is turned on). |
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| definition | Type of access entity that contains the services and functions which make the data object holdings and their information content and related services visible to data consumers. |
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| definition | Research data actively accessible and modifiable during the active phase of the research project. |
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| definition | Information collected primarily for administrative, and not research purposes. It includes profiles and curriculum vitae of researchers, the scope and impact of research projects, funding, citations, and information about research outcomes. This type of data is collected by government departments and other organisations for the purposes of registration, transaction and record keeping, usually during the delivery of a service. These data are also recognized as having research value. |
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| definition | Metadata used to manage administrative aspects of the digital objects such as intellectual property rights and acquisition. Also documents information concerning the creation, alteration, and version control of the metadata itself. This is sometimes known as meta-metadata. |
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| definition | High-level data that are expressed in a summary form. |
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| definition | Compilation of elements, often from different sources. Types of aggregation differ by the nature of the processes by which elements are brought together and the intention for aggregating. Aggregations differ in the nature of relations between the constituent parts. |
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| definition | Data created and presented in the form of physical materials. |
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