Are any restrictions on data sharing required?
- Varmo Pilt
Questions to consider:
- What action will you take to overcome or minimize restrictions?
- For how long do you need exclusive use of the data and why?
- Will a data-sharing agreement (or equivalent) be required?
Guidance:
Outline any expected difficulties in sharing data with acknowledged long-term value, along with causes and possible measures to overcome these. Restrictions may be due to confidentiality, lack of consent agreements or IPR, for example. Consider whether a non-disclosure agreement would give sufficient protection for confidential data.
SAMPLE:
Datasets from this work which underpin a publication will be deposited in XXX: institutional data repository, and made public at the time of publication. Data in the repository will be stored in accordance with funder and University data policies. Files deposited in repository XXX data will be given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the associated metadata. The DOI issued to datasets in the repository can be included as part of a data citation in publications, allowing the datasets underpinning a publication to be identified and accessed. Metadata about datasets held in the XXX will be publicly searchable and discoverable and will indicate how and on what terms the dataset can be accessed.