1. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Joan Masó Center of Research in Ecology and Forestry Application (CREAF) Barcelona, Spain Data Policy and Data Quality

2. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Table of Contents EC Open Data Pilot GEOSS Data Sharing Principles GEOSS Data Management Principles GEOSS Documentation and Data Quality

3. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 EC Open Data Pilot

4. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Development of EC Open Access policy Pilot in FP7 Provision of support OA mandate in H2020 Trialled in 7 areas Expected to: Deposit articles into a repository Attempt to make these OA within 6 or 12 months Choice between green and gold routes OA fees are eligible for reimbursement Pilot supported and monitored through OpenAIRE Each beneficiary must: Deposit machine-readable electronic copy in repository by the date of publication Ensure OA via green/gold routes within 6 or 12 month embargo Ensure bibliographic metadata is OA Aim to deposit research data

5. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Open Access is a tool for dissemination

6. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Green or Gold ‘Green' open access: The published article or the final peer- reviewed manuscript is archived (deposited) by the author - or a representative - in an online repository before, alongside or after its publication. – Some publishers request that open access after an embargo period has elapsed. ‘Gold' open access: The article is immediately provided in open access mode as published. In this model, the payment of publication costs is shifted away from readers paying via subscriptions. – The business model most often encountered is based on one-off payments by authors (often referred to as Article Processing Charges, APCs)

7. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Routes to open access publication Immediate open access (via publisher) Pay Article Processing Charge (APC) - if required GOLD OA ROUTE IF OPTION EXISTS e.g. a ‘hybrid’ journal (a subscription-based journal that has a paid open access option ) Immediate open access (via publisher) Pay Article Processing Charge (APC) Self-archive in a repository, based on publisher policy. Immediate or delayed open access, depending on publisher’s policy. Search for a repository http://opendoar.org GREEN OA ROUTE Publish in a subscription-based journal Publish in an open access journal Researcher decides where to publish Check SHERPA RoMEO to see what OA and self-archiving options are available www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

8. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 H2020 areas participating in the pilot Future and Emerging Technologies Research infrastructures (new: coverage of the whole area) Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Information and Communication Technologies Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology: ‘nanosafety’ and ‘modelling’ topics (new) Societal Challenge: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy - selected topics as specified in the work programme (new) Societal Challenge: 'Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw materials' – except raw materials Societal Challenge: 'Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies' Science with and for Society – Cross-cutting activities - focus areas – part Smart and Sustainable Cities (moved from Energy WP) Projects in other areas can participate on a voluntary basis

9. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Exemptions – reasons for opting out If results are expected to be commercially or industrially exploited If participation is incompatible with the need for confidentiality in connection with security issues Incompatible with existing rules on the protection of personal data Would jeopardise the achievement of the main aim of the action If the project will not generate / collect any research data If there are other legitimate reasons to not take part in the Pilot Can opt out at proposal stage OR during lifetime of project Should describe issues in the project Data Management Plan

10. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Which data does the pilot apply to? Data, including associated metadata, needed to validate the results in scientific publications Other curated and/or raw data, including associated metadata, as specified in the DMP Doesn’t apply to all data (researchers to define as appropriate) Don’t have to share data if inappropriate – exemptions apply

11. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Key requirements of the open data pilot Beneficiaries participating in the Pilot will: – Deposit data in a research data repository of their choice – Take measures to make it possible for others to access, mine, exploit, reproduce and disseminate the data free of charge – Provide information about tools and instruments necessary for validating the results (where possible, provide the tools and instruments themselves)

12. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Data Management Plan DMPs are a project deliverable for those participating in the open data pilot. Not a fixed document – should evolve and gain precision – Deliver first version within initial 6 months of project – More elaborate versions whenever important changes to the project occur. At least at the mid-term and final review.

13. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Initial DMP (at 6 months) The DMP should address the points below on a dataset by dataset basis: Data set reference and name Identifier for the data set to be produced Data set description Description, origin and scale of the data that will be generated or collected, and to whom it could be useful Information on the existence (or not) of similar data and the possibilities for integration and reuse Standards and metadata Reference to existing suitable standards of the discipline. If these do not exist, an outline of how and what metadata will be created. Data sharing How the data will be shared - widely open or restricted to specific groups – or reasons why it cannot be shared Access procedures, embargo periods (if any), and technical mechanisms for dissemination Software and other tools necessary for re-use Repository where data will be stored Archiving and preservation (including storage and backup) Procedures for long-term preservation How long the data should be preserved Final data volume How associated costs will be covered

14. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 More elaborate DMP Scientific research data should be easily: 1. Discoverable Are the data and software discoverable and identifiable by a standard mechanism e.g. DOIs? 2. Accessible Are the data accessible and under what conditions e.g. licenses, embargoes etc? 3. Assessable and intelligible Are the data and software assessable and intelligible to third parties for peer-review? E.g. can judgements be made about their reliability and the competence of those who created them? 4. Useable beyond the original purpose for which it was collected Are the data properly curated and stored together with the minimum software and documentation to be useful by third parties in the long-term? 5. Interoperable to specific quality standards Are the data and software interoperable, allowing data exchange? E.g. were common formats and standards for metadata used?

15. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 We should... Follow the EC Open data pilot – and create a data management plan (task in WP4)

16. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 GEOSS Data Sharing Principles

17. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 GEOSS Data Sharing Principles GEO recognizes that the societal benefits arising from Earth observations can only be fully achieved through the sharing of data, information, knowledge, products and services. GEOSS Data Sharing Principles: – data, metadata and products will be shared as Open Data by default, by making them available as part of the GEOSS Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone (Data-CORE) without charge or restrictions on reuse, subject to the conditions of registration and attribution; where international instruments, national policies or legislation preclude the sharing of data as Open Data, data should be made available with minimal restrictions on use and at no more than the cost of reproduction and distribution – all shared data, products and metadata will be made available with minimum time delay.

18. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Benefits A. Supporting broad economic benefits and growth B. Enhancing social welfare – E.g. Meeting society’s expectations for access to and use of digital information C. Growing research and innovation opportunities – E.g. Permitting interoperability in the creation of new data sets – E.g. Stimulating downstream applications and commercial innovation – E.g. Facilitating citizen scientists and crowdsourcing approaches D. Facilitating the education of new generations E. Benefits for effective governance and policy making – E.g. Improving decision making – E.g. Building freedom and trust

19. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 We should... Follow the EC Open data pilot – And create a data management plan (task in WP4) Follow the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles

20. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 GEOSS Data Management Principles

21. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Data Management Principles Discoverability – DMP-1. Data and all associated metadata will be discoverable through catalogues and search engines, and include data access and use conditions. Accessibility – DMP-2. Data will be accessible via online services, including at minimum, direct download but preferably services for visualization and computation. Usability – DMP-3. Data will be structured using encodings widely accepted in the target community, with preference given to non-proprietary international standards. – DMP-4. Data will be documented with elements for access, use, understand, and process, (via formal structured metadata based on international or community-approved standards). Data will also be described in peer-reviewed publications cited in the metadata. – DMP-5. Data will include provenance (the origin and processing history of raw observations and derived products), to ensure traceability of product chain. – DMP-6. Data will be quality-controlled and quality indicators be indicated in metadata; (or flagged as unchecked)

22. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Data Management Principles Preservation – DMP-7. Data will be protected from loss and preserved for future use preservation planning (for the long term) will include guidelines for loss prevention, retention schedules, and disposal or transfer procedures. – DMP-8. Data and metadata will be periodically verified to ensure integrity, authenticity and readability. Curation – DMP-9. Data will be managed to perform corrections and updates in accordance with reviews, and to enable reprocessing as appropriate. – DMP-10. Data will be assigned appropriate persistent, resolvable identifiers to enable documents to cite the data and to enable data providers to receive acknowledgement of use of their data.

23. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 We should... Follow the EC Open data pilot – And create a data management plan (task in WP4) Follow the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles Implement the Data Management Principles

24. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 GEOSS Documentation and Data Quality

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26. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 GEOSS Data Providers should Identify, establish and exploit a “reference standard” as a means of evaluating performance (QA) and or calibrate and recalibrate instruments (QC). – Provide information at product level at the time the observation Provide data resources provenance recording the data collection and/or generation, in detail sufficient to allow reproducibility. Specify what purposes the data resource was collected or created for, or is known to be useful for. Provide quality assessments in associated metadata tightly coupled to the data. Address the multiple dimensions of quality: – Spatial and temporal coverage, resolution and uncertainties; Consistency; Attribution of error sources; Validation information; Latency time; Usability & purposes.

27. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 GEOSS Data User Communities should Consider fitness of purpose directly by recommending, in a standard way, and demonstrating the correct use of metadata to document dataset characteristics and quality. Provide feedback to data providers and other data users, using user feedback mechanisms set up for repositories distributing these data that increase the knowledge of the quality characteristics of the product’s real use.

28. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 In general GEO should Encourage and provide mechanisms for standardized documentation of quality assessments, including the encoding of quantitative uncertainties at dataset, feature and pixel level. Enable the provision of refereed standardized feedback from data users to data providers, and posting of these comments for the benefit of other users Send the collected feedback back to the provider.

29. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 We should... Follow the EC Open data pilot – And create a data management plan (task in WP4) Follow the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles Implement the Data Management Principles Implement the Documentation and Data quality guidelines (both QA/QC and user feedback).

30. ERA-PLANET KoM, Brussels 16-17 February 2016 Thanks Joan.Maso@uab.cat