Timeline for What is the preferable way to share data?
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| Mar 11, 2017 at 9:16 | comment | added | Jez | The problem with using a git platform is that there is no guarantee of long-term availability. Not only are you relying on GitHub to host your data for free in perpetuity, but it's possible for you as the owner to delete or replace the data with something else, accidentally or intentionally. The advantage of depositing in a specialist archive is that these usually have some technical and social guarantees of availability and fixity, which is important because this shared data is essentially becoming part of the scientific record. Guarav's suggestion gives you the best of both worlds though. | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 0:11 | comment | added | Gaurav | Zenodo can also mint a DOI for a Github repository, making it easier to cite: guides.github.com/activities/citable-code | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 11:07 | comment | added | Denis | Lastly, Bitbucket is better that the other two in terms of integration with other software development/management systems (like JIRA), but that is irrelevant in most academic projects. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 11:05 | comment | added | Denis | The specific git platform like GitHub or BitBucket or GitLab, etc. is not that crucial, imo. Still, by default (plus considering free plans), GitHub is preferable as it has the largest user base (hence, more potential that your stuff would be noticed). BitBucket (or GitLab) overcome GitHub in allowing private repositories but for academic projects/data (which are primarily open-source, at least should be) it is not a real drawback. Bitbucket is worse than GitHub or GitLab as it has restrictions on number of collaborators (not crucial but important). | |
| Feb 28, 2017 at 19:45 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | Is GitHub so much prevailing in comparison with other git hostings, e.g. BitBucket and others? | |
| Feb 27, 2017 at 17:40 | history | answered | Denis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |