This section collects basic information about the dataset. The information you provide here will help you and others find the record again in Pure and other systems.
Provide a name for your dataset that would make sense to someone searching for data, for example 'Dataset for [journal article name]'
Describe your dataset so another researcher could decide if it was relevant to their research. Note, you will have an opportunity to provide a lay summary and detailed documentation when you edit the public facing record, so you do not have to provide them here.
Provide the start and end date of your period of data collection or of your study period.
This section collects information about the people responsible for the dataset.
Select ‘Add person’, or ‘Add organisational unit’ if you want to add a whole organisation as a contributor.
For each person you add you will be asked to provide their role and affiliation.
Use ‘Creator’ to include that person’s name in the citation for the dataset, use another role (for example Data Collector, Project Leader, Rights Holder) to acknowledge a person’s contribution without including them in the citation
You can add the same person multiple times if they had several roles.
For each person provide their affiliation at the time that the dataset was created. This field should be automatically generated but you may need to update it if the person has since moved to a different department.
Check that the ‘Managing organisational unit’ is the department responsible for the dataset.
This section collects information about where the data will be kept long term, and from where it will be available.
This refers to where you will archive your dataset. If your data are deposited with an external repository, or you plan to do so, select ‘Change publisher’ and provide the repository name
If you have non-digital or other local data that cannot be uploaded to Pure provide:
If your dataset has already been published, give the date here. Otherwise, input the current year.
This is the main contact person for the dataset and must be one of the people listed as a ‘Creator’ in the ‘People’ section. If this is left blank we will assume that the first named ‘Creator’ of the project is the main contact.
If your dataset relates to period of time before you collected it (for example, animal records from 1850-1905), enter the date range here.
The information in this section enables your dataset to be found in searches for data about a particular area/place. Leave this section blank if your dataset contains information about vulnerable groups (for example, endangered species) or if location is not relevant.
Use this field to describe the location of data in words (e.g. Northampton, UK).
If it is appropriate and if the data were collected at a specific point, select ‘Point’ and enter the latitude and longitude separated by a comma, do the same for area.
In this section you must tell us about any data protection, ethical, commercial or sensitivity issues that relate to your dataset. If you are unsure email pure@northampton.ac.uk with the subject Datasets – Ethics for advice before saving your item for validation. (Save dataset as entry in progress until matter resolved).
Tick this box if your dataset contains personal data unless the data has been fully anonymised.
Provide details about whether you have gained consent from participants for data sharing, and if so under what terms (for example, data anonymisation or data sharing agreements).
Tick this box if your research required ethical approval.
Provide details on whether this affects your ability to share the data.
Tick this box if commercial considerations constrain your ability to share the data.
In the text box that appears provide further details of these constraints (e.g. embargo time to allow commercialisation). If you have been working with a commercial partner, the constraints should be clear from the collaboration agreements.
Consult with RIFS (Research Information & Funding Services) for more information.
Tick this box if your dataset contains material which may be considered to be sensitive for any reason not already covered (for example, locations of endangered species, fragile ecosystems, genetically-modified crops or animal testing units or data subject to non-disclosure agreements).
Provide details of the nature of this sensitivity and the restrictions that should be put in place for the dataset or dataset record.
Use the ‘Project’ button to link your dataset to a project. We need to know this in order to tell who funded the work.
You can also link your dataset to other outputs: - publications (articles, chapters) that make use of the data - related datasets (for example, from the same project or programme of work)
This section determines whether the dataset will appear on your Research Profile. Set it to ‘Campus’ to begin with. We will change it to ‘Public’ for you later.
If you have indicated in the ‘Legal/ethical’ section that the dataset is so sensitive that even the record describing it cannot be made public change this setting to ‘Confidential – restricted to associated users and editors’. This will mean that the record will remain in Pure but will not be publicly accessible.