This dataset contains a spreadsheet with the metadata blocks and fields of the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanites (SSH) as of December 2025.
The DANS Data Station SSH is a trustworthy digital repository for research data in the SSH domain offered by DANS in the Netherlands. https://ssh.datastations.nl/
This dataset provides an overview of the metadata fields the Data Station SSH offers and can be used as a reference document.
The Spreadsheet contains the following headings:
- Metadata block: with the name of the metadata block a field belongs to
- Field label: with the label of the metadata field
- Field Obligatory?: with a Yes or No indicating whether the field is obligatory (yes) or not (no)
- Description: with the description of the field.