For Attribution: Developing Data Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards: Summary of an International Workshop Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Policy and Global Affairs (Author), Board on Research Data and Information (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309267285 ISBN-13: 9780309267281 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $45.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Computers |
Dewey: 507 |
LCCN: 2012554503 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.50 lbs) 219 pages |
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Publisher Description: The growth of electronic publishing of literature has created new challenges, such as the need for mechanisms for citing online references in ways that can assure discoverability and retrieval for many years into the future. The growth in online datasets presents related, yet more complex challenges. It depends upon the ability to reliably identify, locate, access, interpret, and verify the version, integrity, and provenance of digital datasets. Data citation standards and good practices can form the basis for increased incentives, recognition, and rewards for scientific data activities that in many cases are currently lacking in many fields of research. The rapidly-expanding universe of online digital data holds the promise of allowing peer-examination and review of conclusions or analysis based on experimental or observational data, the integration of data into new forms of scholarly publishing, and the ability for subsequent users to make new and unforeseen uses and analyses of the same data-either in isolation, or in combination with, other datasets. The problem of citing online data is complicated by the lack of established practices for referring to portions or subsets of data. There are a number of initiatives in different organizations, countries, and disciplines already underway. An important set of technical and policy approaches have already been launched by the U.S. National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and other standards bodies regarding persistent identifiers and online linking.
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