Data publication

Question 16

For how long will you embargo your research data before it is published for others to see and use?

Possible responses:

We will allow immediate public access to the data. 

For one year, to permit us to exploit our hard-won research results. 

Until the journal article describing our results has been published.

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Question 17

Why is public access to your research data to be restricted (if indeed it is)?

Possible responses:

We intend to make a patent application, and must avoid prior disclosure. 

Don’t want to make locations of members of endangered species available to poachers. 

The research data are confidential because of the arrangement my research group has made with the commercial partner sponsoring our research. 

My data form part of a long-term study upon which my research group is entirely reliant for its on-going research publications and academic reputation. We only share this with trusted colleagues. 

Confidential human patient data. 

Questionnaire data collected in confidence from individuals – anonymized averaged data will be published.

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Question 18

Who will be responsible for your data, once you have left your present research group?

Possible responses:

At this stage, I have no idea. 

I’ll take my data with me and maintain responsibility. 

My supervisor will make appropriate arrangements. 

I hope the journal will maintain access to the supplementary information files associated with my article. 

My University will assume long-term responsibility for the data I have chosen to preserve in its data archive.

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Question 19

Under what data-sharing license will you publish your research data?

Possible responses:

What is a data-sharing license? 

Under a Creative Commons Open Data CC Zero public domain dedication and waiver, since my research data are not covered by copyright.

Under a Creative Commons By (CC BY 3.0) License  

Using a Creative Commons Attribution License, since my image data are covered by copyright.

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Question 20

What persistent identifier will be used to permit correct citation of your datasets?

Possible responses:

This URL: http://****. 

A Digital Object Identifier (DOI). 

The accession number for the dataset issued by the European Bioinformatics Iinstitute database to which the dataset is submitted.

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Question 21      

What metadata will be published with the data to make them interpretable and reusable?

Possible responses:

I will expect users to be able to interpret the column and row labels in my spreadsheets. 

The dataset will be described in the journal article we will publish, but will have no other metadata beyond those required by the repository for data citation: Author, Date, Title, Source, Identifier. 

An XML metadata file created in conformance with a Minimal Information standard will be submitted to the repository as part of the data package, along with the data files.

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