Exhibit of Datasets

This makes it difficult for interested parties to quickly assess the possibilities for reuse in other projects. The Exhibit aimed to help visitors of the website to get the right information at a glance by: - Attracting attention to (recently) acquired deposits: showing why data are interesting. - Providing a concise overview of the dataset's scope and research background; more details are to be found, for example, in the associated data paper in the Research Data Journal (RDJ). - Bringing together references to the location of the dataset and to more detailed information elsewhere, such as the project website of the data producers. - Allowing visitors to explore (a sample of) the data without downloading and installing associated software at first (see below). - Publishing related multimedia content, such as videos, animated maps, slideshows etc., which are currently difficult to include in online journals as RDJ. - Making it easier to review the dataset.

The Exhibit would also have been the right place to publish these reviews in the same way as a webshop publishes consumer reviews of a product, but this could not yet be achieved within the limited duration of the project. Note (1) The text of the showcase is a summary of the corresponding data paper in RDJ, and as such a compilation made by the Exhibit editor. In some cases a section 'Quick start in Reusing Data' is added, whose text is written entirely by the editor.

(2) Various hyperlinks such as those to pages within the Exhibit website will no longer work. The interactive Zoho spreadsheets are also no longer available because this facility has been discontinued.