Some general research data publication repositories
Feature♦	Data@Imperial	Zenodo	Figshare
User community	Imperial+invited collabs	Open	Open
Interface	Web + command line♣	Web	Web + API♣
Metadata	Manual+Auto: OpenBabel	Manual	Manual
	Automatic via API	coming	Automatic via API
Collection DOIs♥	Yes♥♥	No	No Just announced!
Dataset DOIs	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reserved DOIs‡	Yes	Yes	Yes
DOI2Data† ORE metadata	Yes	No	No
Datacite search	Yes	Yes	partial
ORCID authentication	Mandatory	Optional	No

^♦Rücknagel, J. et al, Metadata Schema for the Description of Research Data Repositories. Version 3.0. December 2015. doi: bbxw. ^♣Allows use from other environments, i.e. Python.^♥Includes e.g. presentations at a conference/workshop! ^♥♥See e.g. doi: 6cw as a collection example ^‡A DOI is assigned immediately, but publication embargoed until released. ^†Facilitates automated access to data from e.g. visualisation program using declared metadata.