Open source software by FSD

FSD develops software for its own needs, for use in the CESSDA archives, and in general for use in processing or presenting research data and metadata. Majority of the open source software or components released by FSD are available on TUNI Gitlab (Opens in a new tab) .

Aasa

Aasa is a prototype system for semi-automatic keyword assignment (subject indexing) for studies and variables. With Aasa, users can automatically generate keywords based on other descriptive metadata and then choose to accept or discard them for inclusion in the metadata. It supports Annif, Finto, and TTY for keyword generation, and keywords can be selected from the YSO and ELSST thesauri. The available language options are Finnish and English. Users can also directly add custom keywords.

Column-graphs

Column-graphs is a JavaScript library for creating modifiable column graphs and it currently contains two graph types: stacked bars and compare categories. All configuration variables can be changed but they also have default values so there's no explicit need to set any of them. With default configuration the graphs are suited especially well for survey data. Requires D3.js (Opens in a new tab) to work.

Kuha2

Kuha2 is a metadata server that provides descriptive social science research metadata for harvesting via multiple protocols and a growing variety of metadata standards. The software is a collection of applications and consists of three server applications, a client application and a database.

Kuha2 source code repositories and issue trackers (Opens in a new tab)
Kuha2 documentation (Opens in a new tab)
European Union Public License v. 1.2 (Opens in a new tab)
For more information or questions on techical issues, please contact the developers at support.fsd ( at ) tuni.fi

Kuha

Kuha is a lightweight OAI-PMH Data Provider implementation. It provides a good starting point for developing your own OAI-PMH server.

Kvalikirstu 2

Kvalikirstu 2 is a tool for processing qualitative datasets with hundreds of files. The data produced by Kvalikirstu 2 align with current requirements for long-term preservation. The features of Kvalikirstu 2 include a graphical user interface for processing and ODT file support. With Kvalikirstu, many of the phases of data processing, such as categorising background information and converting files, can be streamlined.

More Information

The Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD) provides a single point of access to a wide range of digital research data for learning, teaching and research purposes. In addition to archiving and dissemination of data, key services include data-related information services and support for research data management. The archive is a national resource centre funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and Tampere University. The archive operates as a separate unit of Tampere University.

FSD promotes open access to research data as well as transparency, accumulation and efficient reuse of scientific research. FSD also responsibly implements the FAIR data principles, which aim at making data and services Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable. Efficient, fair and free services are the cornerstone of our activities. FSD has been awarded the CoreTrustSeal (CTS) which is granted to an organisation that preserves digital research data in a reliable manner and enables the reuse of data.