CDSP’s “Banque de données”: a French pioneer in long-tail research data curation for twenty years

The Center for Socio-Political Data (CDSP) is a French pioneer in quantitative long-tail data curation: its “Banque de données” has been sharing DDI-curated research data for twenty years. The most downloaded data concerns: political attitudes and behaviour, gender, family, immigration, school, health, cultural practices, new technologies, etc. Also, CDSP’s DataBank was the first source of French election results beginning with the 1960s and until 2012. The CDSP has the first French probabilistic panel, ELIPSS, whose data is shared also on the DataBank. In August 2023, the CDSP’s DataBank became the first French quantitative SSH CoreTrustSeal repository. The CDSP reaffirms its commitment to trustworthy and transparent preservation processes for its French and international research community. This poster highlights the CDSP’s DataBank, focusing on its data deposit, curation, as well as preservation processes. Special attention is given to our alignment with international standards like DDI and with the FAIR principles, and to our strategy for ensuring trustworthy, and accessible data. We also showcase the services and workflows designed to support researchers in depositing their datasets, with a focus on our data acceptance criteria.