Consistent metadata, clear documentation and recorded provenance make each dataset findable, understandable and reusable.
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A space to learn, test and build.
LA Referencia’s Dataverse Alpha validates the repository infrastructure, enables experimentation with administration and publishing workflows, and provides the practical foundation for research data management and curation training throughout the project.
Purpose of the Alpha
Publishing data requires more than storing files.
The Alpha serves as a controlled environment to validate the repository infrastructure, test its operation and support institutional training throughout the project. It is a learning and validation environment: users can experiment with publishing data before institutional repositories are incorporated into the regional repository.
Open, standardized formats combined with appropriate visualization tools facilitate data access, navigation and interoperability.
Authorship, licensing and a persistent link to the original source remain visible, ensuring clear conditions for attribution, access and reuse.
Capabilities in practice
A complete overview of data publishing.
The examples published in the Alpha environment make each stage of the publishing workflow visible in practice, serving as a reference for curation, training and institutional integration.
Deposit
Incorporate files in different types and formats.
Describe
Add authorship, abstract, keywords and other metadata.
Organize
Structure collections and files.
License
Specify access and reuse conditions.
Visualize
Explore tables, images and geospatial data.
Reuse
Download, cite and give data new uses.
Current public collection
Examples that make the repository’s operation visible.
The LA Referencia ↗ collection brings together externally sourced materials used with permission. Each record keeps credits, terms of use and a link to its original source.
4example datasets
25published files
1operational Alpha environment
3licenses or terms of use
Examples and credits
Materials for demonstration and learning.
They are not compared with one another: each dataset provides a practical situation for demonstrating the platform and supporting training.
Open access at UNR
OpenAlex bibliometric data on the evolution of open access and publishing costs at the National University of Rosario.
- 3 archivos
- CSV · XLSX · README
- Source
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Schools List
A directory of educational establishments that demonstrates tables, coordinates, GeoJSON files and preview options.
- 3 archivos
- CSV · XLSX · GeoJSON
- Source
- Calderdale Council
A portrait of Tenochtitlan
A historical reconstruction in images that demonstrates the organization of visual files, folders and contextual descriptions.
- 13 archivos
- imágenes JPEG
- Authorship
- Thomas Kole y Andrés Semo Garcia
Survey on data sharing
Data, questionnaire, data dictionary and report for practicing how a research package is documented and interpreted.
- 6 archivos
- datos · PDF · documentación
- Source
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Training and pilots
Infrastructure is learned by using it.
The Alpha will be the practice environment for the data management and curation training program. It will connect training content with real tasks: describing datasets, reviewing metadata, organizing files, applying licenses and preparing responsible publications.
It will also be the starting point for work with pilot institutions and for developing new curation tools throughout the three-year project.
Validate and train
Publish examples and begin training activities.
Pilots and tools
Work with institutions and curation workflows.
Consolidate
Prepare the stable regional repository.
Project horizon
A regional repository as a public good.
During the three-year project, the Alpha will evolve with pilot institutions, regional curation capacity and new support tools. The goal is to consolidate LA Referencia’s regional data repository as shared, sustainable infrastructure governed as a regional public good.
Traceability
A public and verifiable state.
Inventory observed on 26 August 2026 in the Dataverse Alpha. The links show the repository’s live state; the collection may grow during the project. The Instituciones piloto / Instituições piloto ↗ is prepared for future institutional onboarding.