[Esip-preserve] [ESIP-all] Please review Draft ESIP Data Citation Guidelines

[Mark A. Parsons]

Thanks Bob. I didn't add your two bullets verbatim, but I rolled the first into the other impact bullet and added the second to the list.

Cheers,

-m. 
On 19 Aug 2011, at 2:59 PM, Cook, Robert B. wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> 
> I think you and the committee have done an outstanding job on the Citation Guidelines.  They are quite thorough, providing guidance on the basics as well as identifying some challenges.
> 
> The only modifications, and these are minor additions, would be to add 2 bulleted items in the introduction.
> 
> 	To enable future data users to see how others have used the data products.
> 
> 	To determine the impact of a data center on science
> 
> For the first, we've linked citations to data sets in our metadata database so that when a user is searching for a data set, they can see how others have used that data set (via the citation).  
> 
> The second was actually the primary motivation for having started data set citations ~10 years ago.  Citations were suggested by our User Working Group as a vast improvement over data product downloads as a measure of the impact of the ORNL DAAC on science.
> 
> See you in Berkeley.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bob
> 
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> From: esip-all-bounces at lists.esipfed.org [mailto:esip-all-bounces at lists.esipfed.org] On Behalf Of Mark A. Parsons
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [ESIP-all] Please review Draft ESIP Data Citation Guidelines
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Data citation is getting increasing attention. The National Academy of Sciences has established a committee to explore the issue and develop recommendations on the topic. They are hosting a symposium next week and they have invited me to speak on the developing ESIP Guidelines. So I just wanted to send a little reminder that we are still open for comments on these guidelines. Thanks greatly to those who have already commented.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -m. 
> 
> 
> On 21 Jul 2011, at 5:40 PM, Mark A. Parsons wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Creating a great data set can be a life's work (consider Charles Keeling). Yet, scientists do not receive much recognition for creating rigorous, useful data. At the same time, in a post "climategate" world there is increased scrutiny on science and a greater need than ever to adhere to scientific principles of transparency and repeatability. The Council of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) asserts that the scientific community should recognize the value of data collection, preparation, and description and that data "publications" should "be credited and cited like the products of any other scientific activity." Currently, however, authors rarely cite data formally in journal articles, and they often lack guidance on how data should be cited. The ESIP Federation Preservation and Stewardship Cluster has been working this issue for some time now. We started with a townhall meeting at AGU in 2009 and have had subsequent sessions at ESIP meetings and the GeoData2011 Conference as well as extensive e-mail and telecon discussion. 
>> 
>> We have written some draft citation guidelines that we believe address the vast majority of data citation scenarios. We have presented these guidelines in multiple fora, including two ESIP meetings, for feedback and believe they are pretty solid. Now we ask all interested ESIPers to please review these guidelines closely and send feedback directly to the wiki or to the Cluster (esip-preserve at lists.esipfed.org). We plan to finalize the guidelines this fall for submission to the ESIP Assembly for formal approval at the winter meeting, so please comment soon.
>> 
>> The guidelines are at: hxxp://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Interagency_Data_Stewardship/Citations/provider_guidelines
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>> There is also an overview presentation on data citation at: fxp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/ppp/conf_ppp/Parsons/How_to_Cite_an_Earth_Science_Data_Set.pdf
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -m.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> Mark A. Parsons
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>> National Snow and Ice Data Center
>> University of Colorado, 449 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0449, USA
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