As part of good scientific practice, research institutions and research funders require a certain minimum storage period for research data generated over the course of a project, dissertation, or other research endeavor. Typically, the minimum storage period is ten years.

See:

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 2022. ‘Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. Code of Conduct’. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6472827.
• Freie Universität Berlin. 2020. ‘Satzung zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis (GWP-Satzung)’. Mitteilungen. Amtsblatt der Freien Universität Berlin 2020 (42). https://www.fu-berlin.de/service/zuvdocs/amtsblatt/2020/ab422020.pdf.

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