Researchers evaluating data repositories as the option(s) for storing and preserving their data should examine evidence demonstrating that the repository:

1.   Promotes an explicit mission of digital data archiving;

2.   Ensures compliance with legal regulations, and maintains all applicable licenses covering data access and use, including, if applicable, mechanisms
      to protect privacy rights and maintain the confidentiality of respondents;

3.   Has a documented plan for long-term preservation of its holdings;

4.   Applies documented processes and procedures in managing data storage;

5.   Performs archiving according to explicit work flows across the data life cycle;

6.   Enables the users to discover and use the data, and refer to them in a persistent way through proper citation;

7.   Enables reuse of data, ensuring appropriate formats and application of metadata;

8.   Ensures the integrity and authenticity of the data;

9.   Is adequately funded and staffed, and has a system of governance in place to support its mission; and

10. Possesses a technical infrastructure that explicitly supports the tasks and functions described in internationally accepted archival standards like Open
     Archival Information System (OAIS).