e!DAL - a framework to store, share and publish research data

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Table 2 Comparison e!DAL with selected primary data management system

	Persistent	Generality	Metadata	Information	Data publication &	Data	Version
	identifier			retrieval	citation	security	managment
e!DAL	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SRA [21]			✓	✓	✓	(✓)	(✓)
GEO [22]			✓	✓	✓	(✓)	(✓)
CKAN [32]		(✓)	✓	✓	✓	(✓)	✓
Tranche [31]		✓	✓	✓		(✓)	✓
Figshare [28]	✓	(✓)	✓	✓	✓
DSpace [29] / Dryad [27]	✓		✓	✓	✓		✓
Fedora [30]		(✓)	✓	✓	(✓)	✓	✓
SVN [35]		(✓)		(✓)		✓	✓
GIT [36]		(✓)		(✓)		✓	✓
Google Drive [24]		(✓)		✓	(✓)	✓	✓
Dropbox [23]		(✓)		✓	(✓)	✓	✓
Nautilus LIMS [39]		(✓)	✓	✓		(✓)	✓
LABKey [38]		(✓)	✓	✓		(✓)	✓

This overview summarize the implementation of the minimal requirements for primary data management in those systems that are mentioned in section Data sharing. When a system fullfill a requirement completely, it is marked by ✓. If basic features are implemented the field is marked by (✓). If no concrete information is available or the requirement is not met, the field is left blank.

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