Dataspace User Guides

Research Data and Publications

DataSpace, CSIR’s open access institutional data repository, is hosted by Figshare. Figshare is a provider of repository infrastructure, and their solutions help organizations and researchers share, showcase and manage their outputs.

Figshare has published an extensive collection of user guides for Figshare users.

Kindly access the following user guides:

Uploading and managing files	File upload options How to upload a file to Figshare Adding files and folders through ‘My Items’ Folder upload and browsing Upload folders to Figshare View and download folders and items Options to publish without uploading files Creating a record that links to external files Creating a record that contains metadata only File formats supported for in-browser preview What file formats can I upload?
Adding or editing metadata	How to reserve a DOI How to use private links How to choose a licence How to fill in the metadata fields How to edit or delete your item How to add geospatial metadata
Publishing: embargoes and versioning	How to publish a dataset at the same time as the associated paper How versioning works What is a new version? How are versions connected to DOIs? What happens when I change other metadata? Embargoes and restricted access publishing Add an embargo Select the embargo expiration Select what is embargoed and who sees the embargo Add a title and embargo reason Request access option
Projects and Collections	Collections How to create a collection How to add content to a collection How to manage a collection How to publish a collection Updating a collection Projects Managing projects Viewing your projects Creating a new project Group projects Project pages Inviting members to a project Managing items in a project

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