Data Archving

Data Archiving refers to the long-term preservation of research data. It is typically done for verification purposes / to check & maintain the integrity of the original research.

There are varying policies on how long research data should be retained for verification purposes, a typical policy is 10 years for the preservation of raw data.

Archiving is not directly related to the FAIR principles, since the latter is focused on sharing and reusing the data. Nonetheless, the steps taken in archiving can provide a bsis for FAIRification, so the effort is never wasted!