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.pdffor 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. Send the following information and a copy of the signed Production Agreement Form to services@ardc.edu.au and to your ARDC Outreach Officer: 
   • Organisation / institution information
     1. Organisation name (only for new partners or institutions)
     2. Data Source Account name - The name of your Data Source. This may be an organisation name or a repository name.
     3. Data Source Account contact name and email
   • User Information
     1. User/Data Source Administrator (DSA) full name
     2. User's email address
     3. User's AAF Identifier
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. An email confirmation will be sent by ARDC when your request has been completed.
5. Test your access and inform services@ardc.edu.au when successful.

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

1. Send a request to ARDC 
   • New data source account: Email services@ardc.edu.au and provide the data source account name and contact name/email.
   • New DSA: Login to either Production RDA Registry or the Demo RDA Registry and notify services@ardc.edu.au, copying your ARDC Outreach Officer. Provide the name of data source you need access to.
2. ARDC will review your request and create the data source account as requested.
3. An email confirmation will be sent by ARDC when your request has been completed.
4. Test your access and inform services@ardc.edu.au when successful.

• 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.