About
Since its 2016 launch by the Max Planck Digital Library, **Keeper** — a heavily customized Seafile platform — has delivered secure file synchronization, collaborative sharing, and automatic long-term archiving (guaranteed ≥10 years) for research datasets. It supports seamless project workflows while preserving critical materials (e.g., raw data, scripts, credentials, documentation) for institute members and invited collaborators.
Key milestones include blockchain-based provenance via bloxberg, DOI minting for archived libraries, strengthened encryption, refined group controls, the Project Catalog for enhanced discoverability of archiving-ready libraries, and the Cared Data Certificate attesting to proper data care and long-term usability.
By early 2026, Keeper serves over 8,500 active users and stores hundreds of terabytes. Keeper has become an essential component in the daily work of MPG scientists and is actively used in more than 80 Max Planck Institutes.
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The talk
Credits and licence
- Institution
- CERN
- Speaker
- Vladislav Makarenko
- Year
- 2026
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Computer science
- Source
- CERN
- Licence
- CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
- Attribution
- © CERN. CERN provides its audiovisual media free of charge for educational and informational use, credited to CERN; this lecture is shown in CERN's own player.
- Who can watch
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