Dryad is a repository of data underlying scientific publications, with an initial focus on evolutionary biology and related fields. Dryad will allow future investigators to validate published findings, explore new analysis methodologies, repurpose the data for research questions unanticipated by the original authors, and perform synthetic studies such as formal meta-analyses.

The Dryad team is working with stakeholders from journals and scientific societies to develop data sharing policies and ensure the long-term sustainability of the repository.

Dryad is being developed by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and the University of North Carolina Metadata Research Center, in coordination with a large group of Journals and Societies in evolutionary biology and ecology. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is a joint effort of Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University.

@mire was hired to assist the local development team in designing and implementing certain customizations to their DSpace repository, Dryad. In a first phase of the project @mire implemented a dataset and publication embargo feature and has done some search engine customizations.

In operation since 2008
Location USA
Provided services Custom Development
Number of items N/A
Based on DSpace 1.5.1 Manakin UI
URL Dryad