Purpose
The aim of the framework is to assist repositories to evaluate and improve their current operations based on a set of applicable and achievable good practices.
Currently, there are a number of existing frameworks and evaluation criteria for repositories, that were developed to assist repositories in improving certain facets of their operations (such as discovery, access, reuse, integrity, quality assurance, preservation, privacy, and sustainability), but these criteria are spread across different organizations and are often relevant for only one region or one type of repository.
The COAR Community Framework provides a global, multidimensional framework for good practices in repositories that can be applied to different types of repositories (publication, institutional, data, etc.) and in different geographical and thematic contexts.
Process
The Framework was developed by the COAR Repository Assessment Working Group and with significant community input representing many different regions and a variety of repository types.
This is the second version of the COAR Community Framework. This version was published after a review of the first version by the Working Group in 2022, after a community consultation process. Version 1 of the framework brought together existing criteria from other sources and was reviewed by the COAR Repository Assessment Working Group, which assessed them for feasibility, ease of implementation, and gaps. As the technologies and good practices for repositories evolve continuously, this version will be reviewed in the summer of 2024 with the aim of publishing a version 3 in late 2024.
Definitions
Content resource: This refers to the object or item that has been deposited / uploaded into the repository (e.g. manuscript, dataset, video)
Metadata record: This refers to the collection of metadata elements for a given resource
Landing page: This describes the repository page which represents a particular content
resource in the repository
COAR Community Framework for Good Practices in Repositories Version 2 (2022)
Version 2 Translations
Version 1 original and translations (2020)
We welcome members of the repository community to translate the framework into their local languages. Please contact us if you have a translated version you would like us to link to it here.
Licence
The COAR Community Framework can be reused and shared according to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International