Existing databases and dataset repositories on marine abiotic and biotic resources in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Ver. 2.0)

This dataset, specifically developed for the aims of the project “Ecosystem for Sustainable Transition in Emilia Romagna” (ECOSISTER, Code: ECS_00000033 – CUP: B33D2101979006; Missione 04 Istruzione e ricerca – Componente 2 Dalla ricerca all’impresa Investimento 1.5 – NextGenerationEU), aims to review and analyse the organisation, availability, and accessibility of a large amount of data and information on marine abiotic and biotic resources readily usable for scientific and management purposes that are produced in and/or concern the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy).

In this view, the dataset provides a census and review of existing public repositories and databases available at different levels (e.g., regional, national, European, and international) and serves as a valuable foundation for enhancing the integration and utilisation of data from various web data portals.

Each repository and database are analyzed, highlighting their characteristics and the application of the FAIR guiding principles.

The dataset consists in a record for each database and repository retrieved and analyzed, and includes the following fields:

ID.Repository: unique number which identifies the repository.

Repository: Name of the repository.

Short description: Brief explanation of the repository.

Provider: Entity, institution or agency that maintains and manages the data infrastructure.

Link: Direct ink to the repository web page.

Geographic scope: Extent of coverage of data available in the repository. It varies from regional (data cover only the area of the Emilia-Romagna Region), national (data refer to the whole Italian territory), European (data are collected within Europe), and international (data refer to the global scale).

Language: Spoken language used in the repository.

Notes: Deeper explanation of the context in which the repository was created, its content and its purpose.

Findable: Description of the extent to which data in the repository are easily located and identified.

Accessible: Description of the extent to which data in the repository are easily retrievable. 

Interoperable: Description of the extent to which data in the repository can be easily integrated and combined with other data.

Reusable: Description of the extent to which data in the repository can be easily applied for different purposes beyond their original context. 

The dataset is provided in both Microsoft Excel (XLSX) file format and in comma separated value (CSV) text file format that adheres to UTF-8 encoding. The decimals are separated by points. Whenever necessary, text strings containing commas are qualified by double quotation marks.