Recommendations for To Share or Not to Share Report July 08 FINAL

To Share or not to Share:Publication and QualityAssurance of ResearchData Outputs

Report commissioned by the ResearchInformation Network (RIN)

Main report

June 2008

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Contents

FOREWORD........................................................................................................................................................5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.....................................................................................................................................6EXECUTIVE SUMMARY....................................................................................................................................71. OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................................112. DATA CREATION AND CARE..................................................................................................................142.1 Forms and varieties of data...................................................................................................................142.2 Adding value to data..............................................................................................................................152.3 Metadata...............................................................................................................................................162.4 Long term viability of datasets..............................................................................................................16Recommendations..............................................................................................................................................173. PUBLISHING DATA: MOTIVATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS....................................................................243.1 “Publishing” datasets............................................................................................................................243.2 Response to requests for datasets........................................................................................................253.3 Motivations to publish datasets...........................................................................................................253.4 Benefits and incentives.........................................................................................................................253.5 Incentives..............................................................................................................................................263.6 Constraints on data publication and use.............................................................................................263.6 Ownership of data................................................................................................................................283.7 Policies and enablers............................................................................................................................293.8 The role of publishers...........................................................................................................................30Recommendations..............................................................................................................................................314. DISCOVERY, ACCESS AND USABILITY OF DATASETS.........................................................................404.1 Different kinds of users and their needs..............................................................................................404.2 Discovering relevant datasets..............................................................................................................40

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