Introduction
The Welcome Screen of Yoda provides access to three main sections.
Group Manager
Yoda allows you to store your valuable research data in a secure way. The data is kept in data folders, which can only be accessed by members of the associated research Group.
The Group Manager can be used to view a list of research Groups and their members. People with a “group manager” role can add members to a research Group, remove them, and change their roles.
Research (active data)
The main folder (“research-…”) contains current research data that researchers collaborate on. Data is kept in subfolders. The subfolders can be organized according to the needs of the research Group.
You can also drag-and-drop files to your research folder or download individual files.
You can Add metadata to a folder at any time to describe the dataset contained in that folder and its subfolders.
When you know a (subset of) your data must be archived for the long term, the data in a subfolder can be submitted to the Yoda Vault so that it is kept for 10 years or longer.
Vault (archived data)
The folder named “vault-…” contains these deposited data packages. Data in the Vault cannot be deleted and the research Group has read access.
Researchers can opt to (but do not have to) publish any of the vault deposited data packages to make the metadata of a data package known to the research community at large.
Yoda adds a DOI persistent identifier to published data so that the data package can be cited and found in catalogs such as Datacite, Narcis, B2Find etcetera.
If (and only if) the data has been classified as “open” then the content itself can be downloaded by anyone from the internet. Otherwise, only the metadata description can be viewed.
