The BAW is a research institute for the Federal Ministry of Transport and acts as an advisor to the federal government for issues of waterway engineering. In this role the BAW consumes and produces large volumes of data and information. As part of the implementation of Open Data legislation and in support of Open Data and Open Access principles, the BAW provides access to scientific data together with their metadata.
The BAW-Datenrepository was developed as a point of access for hydraulic engineering experts, contractors and customers of the BAW as well as the general public. It is a source for quality-assured information and provides standardised, long-term access to waterway engineering data. The BAW-Datenrepository supports the targeted search for information and data and gives direct access to them.
By publishing its scientific data, the BAW promotes transparency in public discourse as well as accountability of public administration enabling the data to create value beyond the BAW.
BAW-Datenrepository is registered with re3data.org.