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Dear DesignSafe team:</div>
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I am proud to announce we have been approved as a certified data repository by the CoreTrustSeal organization. Thanks to Maria's and TACC's hard work, we now have a formal seal of approval that demonstrates we have met the rigorous standards of CTS.</div>
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Congratulations!</div>
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Regards,</div>
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Ellen</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> CoreTrustSeal Admin <info@coretrustseal.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 26, 2023 9:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rathje, Ellen M <e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CoreTrustSeal] Certification Approved</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Dear Ellen Rathje,<br>
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We are very pleased to inform you that DesignSafe Data Depot Repository has been certified as a Trustworthy Data Repository by the CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board until 26 Jan 2026. Congratulations!<br>
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Please place the CoreTrustSeal logo on your repository website with the link to the public version of your application. This link can be retrieved from
<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coretrustseal.org%2Fwhy-certification%2Fsearch-repositories%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1a5279e8c3d849207d3c08daffb1b8e4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638103436020603996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6Xd5PKgb85mATDqYDKD8RHP%2F1NXHqGp%2BPgyVVGd4zsE%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coretrustseal.org%2Fwhy-certification%2Fsearch-repositories%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1a5279e8c3d849207d3c08daffb1b8e4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638103436020603996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6Xd5PKgb85mATDqYDKD8RHP%2F1NXHqGp%2BPgyVVGd4zsE%3D&reserved=0</a>.<br>
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The CoreTrustSeal logo can be downloaded here: <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3fTuAKs&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1a5279e8c3d849207d3c08daffb1b8e4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638103436020603996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tITWLnWYsrjBktXl7Z3VqXfHvrL5hp3qnK1NQKgQnn8%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable">
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Having been through the application process, we hope you can appreciate that CoreTrustSeal certification is both rigorous and nontrivial; only those data repositories of a sufficiently high standard are certificated.<br>
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Any specific comments or notes connected with your certification are listed here:<br>
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Finally, please note that certification against the Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements is a necessary first step to become a Regular Member of the World Data System. If your organization is not already (applying to be) a WDS Member, then please
consider joining (<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2RkS1C3&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1a5279e8c3d849207d3c08daffb1b8e4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638103436020603996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J8y5lqhxqD2j%2BVcuGNfHkPjWvEU2IDq%2BUJB957lLVHg%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2RkS1C3&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1a5279e8c3d849207d3c08daffb1b8e4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638103436020603996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J8y5lqhxqD2j%2BVcuGNfHkPjWvEU2IDq%2BUJB957lLVHg%3D&reserved=0</a>).
Membership is free and merely requires adherence to the WDS Bylaws, including the WDS Data Sharing Principles (<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3wABlXk&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1a5279e8c3d849207d3c08daffb1b8e4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638103436020760209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NBOoy8e4Yz1qlMoqJxQcAyeLOoKndcBDFE8onWV4L5w%3D&reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3wABlXk&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1a5279e8c3d849207d3c08daffb1b8e4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C638103436020760209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NBOoy8e4Yz1qlMoqJxQcAyeLOoKndcBDFE8onWV4L5w%3D&reserved=0</a>).<br>
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Best regards,<br>
CoreTrustSeal Secretariat<br>
(On behalf of the CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board)<br>
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CoreTrustSeal Secretariat<br>
The Hague, Netherlands<br>
+31 6 2386 3243<br>
info@coretrustseal.org<br>
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