Colectica Repository and Portal

Colectica Repository is a metadata management system designed to centrally store and manage metadata for research purposes, particularly for statistical agencies, survey research groups, longitudinal studies, and data archivists. It acts as the core infrastructure for the Colectica platform, enabling collaborative workflows and maintaining data integrity through version control. While not directly accessed by end-users, it supports applications like Colectica Designer and Colectica Portal via a REST api. The repository adheres to open data standards to ensure data is reusable and interoperable. It natively uses the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Lifecycle metadata standard to document the entire research process, from planning to archiving. It also complies with ISO 11179, a standard for metadata registries, to structure metadata systematically. Additionally, an open REST API allows other systems to interact with the repository and resolve metadata items.