Concept
TRUST Principles
TRUST is a set of guiding principles, not a certification: transparency, responsibility, user focus, sustainability and technology for trustworthy repositories.
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Related to
- TRUST Principles relates to CoreTrustSeal. The TRUST paper cites CoreTrustSeal as an example of how repositories attain the TRUST properties.
- TRUST Principles relates to RDA. Published in Scientific Data (2020) as an RDA community effort.
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Description
The TRUST Principles for digital repositories are guiding principles for demonstrating that a repository is trustworthy, not a technical standard or a certification. They came out of an RDA community effort and were published in Scientific Data in 2020, as a common framework for discussing and putting best practice in digital preservation into practice. Certifications such as CoreTrustSeal are separate: the paper cites CoreTrustSeal as an example of how repositories attain the properties the principles describe.
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| url | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0486-7 |
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| status | active |
| governance | Not applicable |
| type | Concept |
| Tags | region: global |
Sources
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0486-7(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Lin et al. 2020, Scientific Data (text read via Europe PMC, PMC7224370). "A set of guiding principles to demonstrate digital repository trustworthiness", "a common framework to facilitate discussion and implementation of best practice in digital preservation".
- https://www.rd-alliance.org/news/the-trust-principles-an-rda-community-effort(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): RDA news item of 18 May 2020. Says an RDA community effort led to the principles, which "offer guidance for maintaining the trustworthiness of digital repositories", and that they were launched for community discussion at the RDA 13th Plenary (4 April 2019).
Last reviewed: 2026-11-13
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