Why and how the TRUST Principles for digital repositories are used

The TRUST Principles for digital repositories were formalized in 2020. Repositories must earn the communities' trust and demonstrate a long-term commitment to the data. The RDA/WDS TRUST Principles Working Group (TRUST WG) created a survey to identify what and where hesitancy exists regarding adopting the TRUST Principles. Questions on certification standards, extrinsic and intrinsic motivations behind repository certification, and public displays of the different aspects of the principle are asked and will be reported on. Additionally, a call for use cases is made with analysis ongoing with collection while a discussion on what is missing from the TRUST Principles leads to worthy future work. A preliminary analysis of results collected as of November 3, 2024 (n=49) was presented at RDA P23 in Costa Rica. Still, this presentation will be the first to share the final survey results of approximately 77 responses from 26 countries, with an additional 16 responses in progress (as of 1/13/25, the survey closes 1/31/25, so the included statistics and figures may change).