Alex
Here at Rothamsted Research (BBSRC Research Institute) there is an ongoing debate about this very issue in relation to
(a) data generated here exclusively and available for use (but only with permission or via a collaboration)
(b) data generated by 3rd parties, published (or made available as supplementary information) but aggregated and curated by us for the community with BBSRC funding.
We operate with a number of historical data licenses written by our Institution and some of us would like to bring these in to line with generic licenses. Open Data Commons is a possibility.
The main sticking point for many of our researchers on our long-term agricultural and ecological experiments is the need for significant local knowledge to deal with the nuances of changes in experimental design, instrumentation, management practices over the 150years and more that we have run these experiments.
If you would like to know more about what we do go and some examples of the data we curate go to these URLs:
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/Research/Centres/Content.php?Section=Resources&Page=ClassicalExperiments
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/eRA/
www.brassica.info
Happy to engage in further dialogue on this topic.
Best wishes
Chris Rawlings
Head of Biomathematics and Bioinformatics
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From: Research Data Management discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alex Ball
Sent: 19 October 2010 12:04
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Subject: Research data licences
I'm trying to put together some advice on behalf of the DCC on licensing research data, and I'm interested to know what the current state of practice is.
There are of course a few generic licences out there -- Open Data Commons, etc. -- but I'm particularly interested to know about cases where:
* researchers have written their own licences,
* researchers have used data licences written/provided/imposed by their institution (does this happen at all?), or
* researchers have used data licences written/provided/imposed by their data centre.
If you could point me out some examples, I'd be very grateful.
Cheers,
Alex.
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Alex Ball
Research Officer
UKOLN, University of Bath, UK. BA2 7AY
T: +44 1225 383668 F: +44 1225 386838
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
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