Beschreibung

"Linking data on the same units (such as persons, enterprises or patents) is an increasingly popular research strategy, also in the social sciences (Schnell, 2014b). Since in many cases the required information resides in different organizations, for many applications, a central linkage unit is needed as trusted third party. Because of the federal structure of Germany and the strict data protection jurisdiction, the legal requirements for a linkage operation have to be negotiated for each project separately. Due to this obstacle, no general purpose central linking unit has been available in Germany." (Text excerpt, © De Gruyter) ((en))