Discuss Data offers a three tier access policy. Depending on the sensitivity or requirements of the data, you can decide if the data will be published a) in open access, b) in restricted access or c) with no access (metadata only).

a) "Open access" datasets will be accessible for everyone, including users outside of Discuss Data. This is the recommended method of publishing for datasets. Data description and files will automatically be written into the DARIAH Repository for digital long-term archiving.

b) Datasets with "Restricted access" will be accessible in full only for a subset of Discuss Data users of your choosing. While the data description and metadata will be publicly available, access to data files has to be requested and confirmed by the owner or administrators of the dataset. This type of access is recommended for datasets that contain sensitive information or those for which the analysis has not yet been published.

c) "Metadata only" offers to upload the metadata and the dataset description without the data files themselves. This access model is recommended for datasets which cannot be shared or stored online, for example, if they contain highly sensitive information, or if the files are too large to store online. Interested users can contact the authors via Discuss Data to request access to the datafiles.