Getting an Online Services Account

The below information explains the requirements and procedure for researchers and partners to access ARDC Online Services. 

The basic requirement for all users is they must hold a valid Australian Access Federation (AAF) account.

For Institutions or Partners

RDA Registry: Data Source Account setup 

When you need a new Data Source Account set up for your institution or organisation, discuss it with your ARDC Outreach Officer first so that they can assist you with completing the requirements listed below.

Requirements

• AAF account (userID and password)
• Signed RDA Service Schedule for production access only. NOTE: Agreement must be signed by an authorised signatory in your institution.

How to request for Data Source Account setup (new organisation)

1. Go to the ARDC Self-service portal at https://my.support.ardc.edu.au. Go to 'ARDC Services' > 'Research Data Australia' > 'Request for a new or update to a data source account'.
   1. Complete the Request for a new or update to a data source account form.
      1. The following fields are required:
         • Request type
         • Environment
         • Organisation/Data source Owner
         • Data Source Account name
      2. Optional information that can be added or updated after data source creation (see notes below) 
         
         • Harvest Point
         • Harvest Method
   2. User/Data Source Administrator (DSA) Information
      • Primary Contact full name
      • Primary contact email address
      • Additional Data Source Admins (full name and email address)
2. ARDC will review your request and create the data source account as requested.
3. A data source administrator (DSA) role will be assigned to the authorised user upon login confirmation.
4. When your request is complete, click 'Send' at the bottom of the page.  You will receive an email confirmation through the ARDC Self-service portal when your request is complete
5. Test your access and update the issue or reply if there are issues. 

How to add new data source administrator or new data source account:

1. Using the same form above, select "Add/remove a data source administrator (DSA)"
   • Primary Contact full name
   • Primary contact email address
   • Additional Data Source Admins (full name and email address)
2. ARDC will review your request and create the data source account as requested.
3. When your request is complete, you will receive an email confirmation through the ARDC Self-service portal when your request is complete
4. Test your access and update the issue in the portal or reply to the email notification if there are issues. 

• The 'Records Management Settings' and 'Harvester Settings' of the data source account will be set to default values, if no details were provided. The Data Source Administrator must review the settings and edit the values as necessary.
• For more information, please visit the Data Source Account Settings documentation page.

For Individual Researchers

The RDA Registry is open to all Australian researchers who have valid AAF accounts.

By default, all logged in users have access to the Handle Service (Identify My Data) self-service tool to manually mint a handle.

Without logging in, read-only access to Research Data Australia (RDA) records Registry view is available to all users. To access the ARDC Collections Registry from RDA, click on '(Registry View)' down the bottom of the page.