Slides given at various session during RDA P7 in Tokyo, Japan, March 2016.

1. Workflows for Publishing Data
Varsha Khodiyar, PhD
Data Curation Editor, Scientific Data
Nature Publishing Group
varsha.khodiyar@nature.com
@varsha_khodiyar
@scientificdata
Scientific Data's experience as an early adopter
RDA P7, 1st to 3rd March 2016

2. Mandatory and recommended key components
of data publishing – WG results
Austin et al. in review. Report preprint doi:10.5281/zenodo.34542
Implemented by Scientific Data Under wider consideration
by Springer Nature

3. Implementation of required elements
• Data PID required to complete
manuscript submission
• Data Citation policy enforced by
editorial process
• Use of structured repositories which
capture subject-specific metadata
• Curation of discovery level metadata
(regardless of repository) by dedicated
Data Curation Editor
• Machine readable metadata aids
discovery

4. Additional elements - Context
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• Data Descriptor designed to encourage
full documentation of data generation
• Articles analysing described data are
captured in machine readable metadata
(ISA format)
• Linked as associated publication to Data
Descriptor online
• Analysis articles published in Nature
Publishing Group journals link back to
Data Descriptor
• Software availability statement required
for previously unpublished software and
code

5. Additional elements - Quality
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• Provision of manuscript (and metadata
templates) to help authors provide reuse level
metadata
• Dependant on repositories for curation by
domain experts
• Editorial Board selected based on expertise in
data generation/reuse in their field
• Ensure that peer reviewers can access data
easily and confidentially
• Encourage peer reviewers to view and comment
on the actual data as part of their assessment
• Editorial office regularly asked for advice on
data deposition and repository selection

6. • Data Descriptors aid visibility of data by
considering them as first class publications
• Data Descriptors discoverable via common
publication indices such as PubMed
• Discovery level machine readable metadata
(in ISA format) generated for every Data
Descriptor
• Currently trialling use of metadata for data
discovery (ISAexplorer)
• Open to suggestions for other uses of
Scientific Data’s machine readable metadata
Additional elements – Visibility / Accessibility
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