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Lingnan Data Repository

An institutional open access data repository for Lingnan's research community to deposit, share and publish their research datasets

What can be Deposited?


Eligible users can deposit data files in any formats as long as they are collected, observed, generated, or created during the research process and support or validate research findings. The formats include but not limited to the following:

  • description Text files (rtf, txt, html, doc/docx)
  • table Spreadsheet files (xlsx, csv)
  • photo Image files (jpeg, jpg, png, tiff)
  • music_note Audio files (wav, mp3)
  • smart_display Video files (mpg, mpeg, avi, mov)
  • code Code files (py, r, m)
  • numbers Binary files (bin, exe)
  • co_present Presentation files (pptx)
  • database Database files (mdf, ldf, dbf, frm)
  • folder_zip Compressed files (zip, tar)

To learn more about the recommended formats for each file type, please refer to "File Formats for Preservation -> Recommended formats".