Scope of functions
Based on the open source software Dataverse, DaRUS provides university groups with:
- Storage for research data and codes
- Management of own data
- Exchange within the research group or externally with selected partners or for publication
- Maintenance of own data universes with own search criteria and description options
- Easy citation of published data sets
- Productive system and test system available
DaRUS is a service of the Competence Center for Research Data Management (FoKUS). For further information regarding Terms of Use, data protection and administration, please visit the IZUS service page.
Frequently asked questions
The web interface of DaRUS can be found at https://darus.uni-stuttgart.de . As a non-registered user you will see all published datasets and data areas (Dataverses).
The DemoDaRUS test system can be found at https://demodarus.izus.uni-stuttgart.de/. The test system can only be accessed within the University of Stuttgart.
DaRUS is the place for all members and partners of the University of Stuttgart to share, publish or archive completed research results in the form of data and/or software. As a technical university, we have a focus on engineering and scientific research.
DaRUS is not intended for the (secondary) publication of texts and posters. Please use OPUS, the open access repository of the University of Stuttgart, for this purpose. DaRUS is also not the right place to publish teaching materials (Open Educational Resources). Please use ZOERR, the repository of the Baden-Württemberg universities for Open Educational Resources.
There is no hard restriction, but we highly recommend (and check in the publication process) to upload data in an open format that is openly documented and implemented by several tools. If you have to upload data in a proprietary format, then please document in the metadata the software (and version) that can be used to read the data.
We recommend (and provide previewers for) the following data formats:
- CSV, TAB for tabular data
- HDF5, NetCDF for structured data
- TIFF, JPG for images
- Plain text, Markdown or PDF files for README files and additional documentation
First, check if your institute already has its own data space (so-called dataverse) on DaRUS. You can find this out by searching for the name or the abbreviation of your institute in the full text search of DaRUS.On the page of your institute's dataverse you can reach the local administrator by clicking the Contact button. This person can then give you all necessary rights to upload data.
If your institute does not yet have its own dataverse, we can create such an area for you. The only requirement is that a local administrator takes responsibility for the dataverse (by taking on the role of "DaRUS administrator" in the university admin portal) and holds an introductory meeting with us. Contents of the introductory meeting are: Functions and configuration options of DaRUS, rights and duties as DaRUS admin, application goals, data types, formats and volumes, description categories, automation.