Data curation and archival Data repository Data library Data provenance beta12orEarlier Research data repository Data curation Data registry Data archiving Data archive Data storage Database curation Research data archiving Deposition database Data curation and archival includes the preservation of data in a repository, archive, or a deposition database; and curation of data and metadata, database accessions, annotation, and data provenance. The purpose of data curation and preservation is ensuring permanent access to the data and enabling its future analysis. Enabling reanalysis of the data in unexpected future contexts requires that the data is findable and reusable (see also FAIR data, topic_4012). Data preservation Data archival Research data archive Note that biocuration is a more specific concept than simply curation and archival of bioscientific data. Data management