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Subject:        Fwd: [SPARC-OpenData] Data archiving in ecology and evolution
Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:21:08 -0600 (CST)
From:   Patti Day <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]>



For Maps-L.  Might provide a nice opportunity for GIS Librarians to assist with archiving or at least get in on the conversation on their campuses and other national/international venues.

Patti Day
Ph D Candidate
Geography and Informaton Science
UW-Milwaukee


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From: "Todd Vision" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 7:08:04 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [SPARC-OpenData] Data archiving in ecology and evolution

The February issue of The American Naturalist announces an important development in Open Data within biology.  This is one of several coordinated editorials to appear in major journals in ecology and evolution describing a Joint Data Archiving Policy.

The essentials of the policy are:
* Data underlying an article needs to be archived by the authors at the time of publication.
* The appropriate form of the data is the final processed form used in analysis.
* The data must be archived in an approved repository (one that makes it publicly available, has a guarantee of persistence, etc).
* The author should provide sufficient details so that a third party can reasonably interpret the data correctly.
* Embargoes of up to one year may be permitted, depending on the journal.
* Exceptions may be granted at the discretion of the editor, especially for sensitive information such as human subject data or the location of endangered species.

The fact that these journals are making this policy change as a coordinated group is strategically important, and bodes well for more widespread adoption.

Reference:
Whitlock MC, McPeek MA, Rausher MD, Rieseberg L, Moore AJ (2010) Data Archiving. American Naturalist 175:145–146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/650340

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Todd Vision

Director, datadryad.org
Assoc. Prof., Department of Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill




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