Open Science Framework (OSF)
Introduction
You may use OSF as a long-term data repository, electronic lab notebook, or as the collaboration tool for your team’s research.
Datasheet
Status: 17.05.2021
| Homepage | https://www.cos.io |
| Description | https://www.cos.io/products/osf |
| Code | https://github.com/CenterForOpenScience/ |
| Communities | no limits |
| Version | 19.31.0 (released on 08.11.2019) |
Features
Status: 17.05.2021
| Supported Schema(s) | --- | no built-in support |
| Supported Format(s) | no limits | |
| Interface(s) | REST /JSON:API v1.0 | https://developer.osf.io/#tag/General-Usage |
| Open Source | yes | gitHub |
| License | Apache 2.0 | |
| Versioning | yes | Each file has a history (until you delete it) |
| AAI | yes | Token Auth & OAuth |
| External Storage | yes | Amazon S3, Bitbucket, Box, Dataverse, Dropbox, ... |
| Referencable | DOI | Supports creation of DOIs. |
Description
- Register Schema:
- Support for arbitrary schemas of a specific format (e.g. JSON Schema, XSD)
- The schema should at least be referencable by a unique identifier.
- Update Schema:
- Possibility to
- work on different versions of a schema
- adapt schemas over time
- Possibility to
- Validate Schema:
- Check schema for correct syntax
- Ingest Metadata:
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Ideally with previous validation
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Update Metadata:
- Possibility to update already ingested metadata (documents).
- Validate Metadata:
- Possibility to validate documents on the basis of registered schemas.
- Search by Administrative MD:
- Search documents by their metadata (e.g. ingest date, ingester, ...)
- Search by Content:
- Search documents by their content
- Persistent Identifier:
- Support for Persistent Identifiers (e.g. DOI, Handle)
Additional Features
Status: 17.05.2021
OSF may be used to manage your entire project from one place.
As a collaboration tool, OSF helps research teams work on projects privately or make the entire project publicly accessible for broad dissemination. As a workflow system, OSF enables connections to the many products researchers already use, streamlining their process and increasing efficiency.
Functionality
Status: 17.05.2021
| Function | Supported | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Register Schema | - | |
| Update Schema | - | |
| Validate Schema | - | |
| Ingest Metadata | + | as part of the payload |
| Update Metadata | + | creates a new version |
| Validate Metadata | - | |
| Search by ... | ||
| ... Administrative MD | + | |
| ... Content | - | |
| Persistent Identifier | + |
Remarks
- Up to 50GB free public storage (5GB private storage)
- Extendable by Addons
- At least one server is located in Germany