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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

National digital research infrastructure for Australian research data.

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The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is a national research infrastructure organisation that builds and operates digital research data services, programs and resources. It works with the research community and industry to support the creation, analysis and retention of research data assets, and to provide infrastructure for finding, accessing and reusing data.

Its services include ARDC Nectar Research Cloud for cloud computing, Research Data Australia for discovering and accessing datasets, Health Data Australia for clinical trials data, Research Vocabularies Australia, the ARDC Community Data Lab and Identifier Services. Programs include the People, Planet, and HASS and Indigenous Thematic Research Data Commons, alongside a Resource Hub with guides, tools and datasets such as the FAIR Data Self-Assessment Tool, and AI and ML tools available via the Nectar Research Cloud.

The ARDC serves researchers and research organisations across Australian disciplines, with co-design activities, communities and groups for participation. Membership and partnership structures are described on its site; no pricing or plan details are given.

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