Question number, id Question text Answers
1 [decision-graph.dg]filter

Are you a UC San Diego researcher, educator, or student looking for an institutional storage solution for your research data?

  1. yes
  2. no
2 [decision-graph.dg]revisionState

Are your data close to their final revision state and ready for archiving or depositing?

Terms

  • final revision state: The data are final or may undergo only a few minor revisions.
  1. initial
  2. final, or almost final
3 [decision-graph.dg]publicAccessLevel

Should the data be publicly accessible?

Terms

  • publicly accessible: The data can be downloaded without restrictions by anyone with sufficient internet access.
  1. yes
  2. no
4 [decision-graph.dg]accessFrequency

Will the data be frequently accessed?

Terms

  • frequently accessed: Answer no if the data will only need to be accessed in case of disaster recovery.
  1. yes
  2. no
5 [decision-graph.dg]discoverability

Should the metadata be discoverable?

Terms

  • discoverable: Information about the data is discoverable if its web address and information about it can be found in search engines, or if the content can be navigated to on a website or within an application.
  1. yes
  2. no
6 [decision-graph.dg]longTerm

Do the data need long-term preservation or protection from catastrophe?

  1. yes
  2. no
7 [decision-graph.dg]dataCollectionIntention

Did you create the data and/or were the data created to support research at UC San Diego?

  1. yes
  2. no
8 [decision-graph.dg]hipaaCompliance

Do the data contain information covered under the HIPAA Privacy Rule or other personally identifiable information (PII)?

Terms

  • information covered under the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Protected Health Information (PHI) covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is information about health status, provision of health care, or payment for health care that can be linked to an individual.
  • personally Identifiable Information: Information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a specific individual.
  1. yes
  2. no
9 [decision-graph.dg]hipaaData

Will the data be de-identified or anonymized prior to deposit?

Terms

  • de-identified: Modified such that an individual's identity is no longer connected with the data, although a trusted party may possess the means to future re-identification.
  • anonymized: Irreversibly modified such that an individual's identity cannot be connected to the data in the future through re-identification.
  1. yes
  2. no
10 [decision-graph.dg]noCost

Do you require a no-cost or non-commercial solution for data storage?

  1. yes
  2. no
11 [decision-graph.dg]dataCollectionIntention-a

Do you have approval of the creator/owner to share or store a copy of the data on a UCSD server?

  1. yes
  2. no
12 [decision-graph.dg]restrict-data-2

The data are currently marked as "publicaly accessible". Would you like your data to be accessible to anyone with the link?

  1. yes
  2. no
End of UCSD Library Storage questionnaire