4. What types of data can be archived with DaSCH?

We are specialized in qualitative data from the humanities. We archive structured data represented e.g. in rows and columns of an Excel sheet or any database export, as well as files such as images, audio files, videos, text documents and ZIP files, as long as they are connected to the data points of the structured data.

As we are specialized in archiving rather than presenting data, we cannot host research tools or virtual research environments (VREs) with their functionality and GUI.

Our DSP archiving software allows you to structure your data according to your needs, annotate it and set links between data points. All data in DSP has to conform with a data model that you must create, establishing the inner structure and logic of your data by defining resources (e.g. "book", "author") and properties (e.g. a "book" has a year of publication, a certain number of pages, a cover image, etc.).

During the import process, all data is verified for integrity — file formats are validated, checksums are created, and data is checked against the defined data model to ensure consistency.

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5. What file formats can be archived with DaSCH?

We encourage you not to archive your dataset in the form of a single Excel file, but instead to enter the single data points as resources and append properties to them according to your data model to ensure that your data is more easily searchable and reusable. The files listed below can be archived in their current state, while all other file types need to be converted first.

Supported file formats:

Documents & Archives:

  • DOC, DOCX (Word documents)
  • XLS, XLSX (Excel spreadsheets)
  • PPT, PPTX (PowerPoint presentations)
  • PDF (Portable Document Format)
  • ZIP, TAR, GZ, TAR.GZ, TGZ, GZIP, 7Z (Archive formats)

Images:

  • JPG, JPEG, JP2, PNG (Standard image formats)
  • TIF, TIFF (High-quality image formats)

Audio & Video:

  • MP3, WAV (Audio formats)
  • MP4 (Video format)

Data & Text:

  • XML, TXT, CSV, JSON (Structured data formats)

For large datasets, DaSCH creates custom import scripts based on your CSV data export and data model, so you don't need to manually enter each data point.

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