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DataHub

Before Uploading Data

What Can I Upload?

Please read the terms and conditions document and data deposit guide before uploading the data in the DataHub.

You can upload the following types of data/ digital objects:

  • ​Datasets
  • File sets
  • Multimedia such as Videos
  • Diagrams
  • Figures
  • Images
  • Posters (illustrations and diagrams)
  • Presentations
  • Code scripts, binaries
  • Softwares
  • Standards
  • Online Resources
  • Models

DataHub supports almost every file formats and provides the data visualize for the list of file formats such as 3D model OBJ and STL file format. For example:

How Much Can I Upload?

By default, each HKU academic staff, researcher, and RPg student have 100GB of personal storage on DataHub. You can upload:

  • Files up to 5GB in size via web browser interface, and up to 5TB* via FTP uploader

  • A maximum of 500 items

  • A maximum of 500 files per item

*Requesting for extra storage is available for accommodating your research needs. If you need more storage, please refer to the guide on “Request for Extra Storage” in the section Managing Dataset.

If you would like to upload a large number of files or files larger than 5GB, please refer to the section “FTP Uploader” and “Figshare API” on the Upload Data page.

If you have further enquiries, please contact us via Email-a-Librarian (select To: Research Data).

What Shouldn't I Upload?

Thesis should not be uploaded onto DataHub. RPg students should follow their respective faculty/department's requirements and procedures in submitting their theses. 

Any other scholarly publications (e.g. journal article manuscript) should continue to be uploaded onto the Research Information Management System (RIMS) from HKU Portal. It will be published in the Scholars Hub.

Large and complex datasets may be better managed in discipline-specific repositories. If your dataset have already been deposited in your faculty data center, you can create a linked file record in DataHub with a URL pointing to where the data are stored.

Please contact us if you are unsure about what should/shouldn’t be uploaded on the DataHub.