Data Citation panel Presentation at Research Data Access & Preservation Summit 22 March

1. Presentation to ASIS&T Conference
March 22, 2012
Paul F. Uhlir,
Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI), National
Research Council, National Academy of Sciences
Daniel Cohen,
Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI), National
Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (on detail from
Library of Congress)

2. Managing Organizations
 International CODATA Task Group on Data Citation
Standards and Practices
http://www.codata.org/taskgroups/TGdatacitation/index.html
Approved at CODATA 27th General Assembly in Cape Town, SA
2010
 BRDI
http://www.nas.edu/brdi
Ad hoc committee of the Board on Research Data and
Information, at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, in
Washington, DC. BRDI represents the U.S. National Committee
for CODATA.
 BRDI staff supports both projects.

3. FUNDING
We are grateful to the following funders of this project:
 Sloan Foundation
 Institute for Museum and Library Services
 Library of Congress
 CODATA
 Microsoft Research

4. CODATA Data Citation Task Group
Co-Chairs:
Jan Brase,(Director, DataCite, and ICSTI representative), John Helly, Scripps Institute for Oceanography and San
Technische Informations Bibliothek (TIB)/German Diego Supercomputing Center, University of California, USA
National Library of Science and Technology, GERMANY Jianhui LI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA
Sarah Callaghan (U.K. CODATA), The NCAS British Brian McMahon, International Union of Crystallography,
Atmospheric Data Centre, STFC Rutherford Appleton UNITED KINGDOM
Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM Karen Morgenroth, National Research Council Canada,
CANADA
Bonnie Carroll (U.S. CODATA and CENDI), President,
Information International Associates, USA Yasuhiro Murayama, National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology, JAPAN
Members: Soren Roug, European Environmental Agency,
Micah Altman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA BELGIUM
Helge Sagen, Institute of Marine Research, NORWAY
Elizabeth Arnaud, Bioversity International, ITALY
Eefke Smit, International Association of STM Publishers, THE
Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles, USA NETHERLANDS
Todd Carpenter, National Information Standards Martie J. van Deventer, Council on Scientific and Industrial
Organization, USA Research, SOUTH AFRICA
John Wilbanks, Kaufman Foundation, USA
Dora Ann Lange Canhos, Environmental Reference
Koji Zettsu, National Institute of Information and
Information Center, BRAZIL Communications Technology, JAPAN
Vishwas Chavan, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Consultants:
DENMARK
Daniel Cohen, Library of Congress ,USA
Nathan Cunningham, British Antarctic Survey, UNITED
Franciel Linares, Information International Associates, USA
KINGDOM
Yvonne Socha, MLIS candidate, University of Tennessee,
Michael Diepenbroek, World Data Center-MARE / PANGAEA, USA
University Bremen, GERMANY
Paul F. Uhlir, U.S. National Committee for CODATA and
Board on Research Data and Information, National Academy
of Sciences, USA

5. Data Citation Task Group
Objectives and Deliverables
 Conduct inventory and analysis of  Establish a public web presence.
existing literature and existing data  Conduct meetings and workshops to
citation and attribution initiatives. articulate the state of the art and best
 Investigate and analyze how existing practices in this area, and to identify
data repositories cite and provide emerging issues.
attribution to their data sets.  Work with the major international,
 Identify and obtain input from regional, and national standards
stakeholders in the library, academic, organizations to develop formal data
publishing and research communities. citation and attribution standards and
 Provide an international forum to best practices.
identify and help reconcile the needs  Promote scientific data attribution by
of various stakeholder communities. developing models, tools, and
 Share information and create greater practical guidance on how to publish
awareness of these issues citable and trackable data sets.
internationally.

6. Symposium and Workshop, Berkeley, CA August 2011
For Attribution: Developing Data Attribution and Citation
Practices and Standards
STATEMENT OF TASK
2. What is the status of data attribution and citation practices in the natural and
social (economic and political) sciences in United States and internationally?
3. Why is the attribution and citation of scientific data important and for what types
of data? Is there substantial variation among disciplines?
4. What are the major scientific, technical, institutional, financial, legal, and socio-
cultural issues that need to be considered in developing and implementing
scientific data citation standards and practices? Which ones are universal for all
types of research and which ones are field or context specific?
5. What are some of the options for the successful development and implementation
of scientific data citation practices and standards, both across the natural and
social sciences and in major contexts of research?
For more information on the symposium and workshop see:
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_063656

7. Symposium and Workshop Sessions
I. Why are attribution and citation of data important?
II. Major technical issues in developing and implementing scientific data
citation standards and practices
III. Major scientific issues in developing and implementing scientific data
citation standards and practices
IV. Major institutional, financial, legal, and socio-cultural issues in
developing and implementing scientific data citation standards and
practices
V. Status of data attribution and citation practices in the natural and social
sciences in the U.S. and internationally
VI. Institutional roles and perspectives: similarities and differences across
disciplines and countries
VII. Workshop – Options: Where do we go from here?

8. Symposium and Workshop
Presenters and Moderators
Christine Borgman, University of California at Los Angeles Lee Dirks, Microsoft Research
John Wilbanks, Creative Commons Roy Lowry, British Oceanographic Data Centre
Jean-Bernard Minster, University of California at San Vishwas Chavan, GBIF
Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mark Parsons, National Snow and Ice Data Center
Johan Bollen, Indiana University
John Helly, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Herbert van de Sompel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Monica Duke, University of Bath, UKOLN
Paul Groth, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Deborah Crawford, Drexel University
Philip Bourne, University of California at San Diego
Bruce Wilson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sarah Callaghan, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
Michael Witt, Purdue/IASSIST
Mary Vardigan, University of Michigan, Inter-university
Anita de Waard, Elsevier Labs
Consortium for Political and Social Research
Michael Kurtz, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Michael Sperberg-McQueen, Black Mesa Technologies
Astrophysics
Sarah Hinchliff Pearson, Creative Commons
Todd Carpenter, National Information Standards
MacKenzie Smith, MIT Organization
Diane Harley, University of California at Berkeley Sylvia Spengler, National Science Foundation
Jan Brase, National Library of Science and Technology, Allen Renear, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Germany
Bonnie Carroll, Information International Associates
Micah Altman, Harvard University
David Kochalko, Thomson Reuters
Paul Uhlir, National Research Council

9. Other Organizations Working on Data Citation
 International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
 DataCite
 The Dataverse Network
 National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
 Creative Commons and Science Commons
 CENDI – U.S. interagency group focused on scientific and technical
information issues and coordination of activities.
 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
 World Data System (WDS)
 STM-Association
 Digital Curation Center, UK

10. Schedule of Activities
Completed and Ongoing Planned
 Symposium and workshop held in  Publish Report from August
Berkeley, CA in August 2011. Symposium and Workshop (May
 Bibliographic inventory and analysis 2012).
(ongoing).  Task Group meetings and White Paper
 Interviews with a sample of identified dafting sessions (Copenhagen, DK,
stakeholders concerning data citation 06/12, and Taipei, TW, 10/12.)
and attribution practices  Sponsored Session at CODATA
 Data Repositories International Conference in Taipei,
 Publishers TW October/November 2012
 Researchers
 Publication of White Paper in 12/12.
 Funding Organizations
 Active dissemination of first phase
 White Paper on Current Practices in
results in 2012-2013.
Data Citation—outline developed.
 Best Practices White Paper in 2013.

11. White Paper Draft Outline (Major Headings)
1. Importance of data citation
2. Current use of data citations
3. Emerging formal standardization proposals and best
practices development
4. Emerging principles for data citation
5. Tools and infrastructure
6. Cultural challenges and opportunities
7. Open research questions
8. Appendices

12. For Electronic Copy of Questionnaire Contact:
puhlir@nas.edu or dcohen@nas.edu