Investigation and Development of the Workflow to Clarify Conditions of Use for Research Data Publishing in Japan

Authors

  • Yasuyuki Minamiyama Research Center for Open Science and Data Platforms, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo
  • Ui Ikeuchi Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Language and Literature, Bunkyo University, Saitama
  • Kunihiko Ueshima Japan Data Exchange Inc, Tokyo
  • Nobuya Okayama Smart Infrastructure Consulting Department, Hitachi Consulting Co., Ltd, Tokyo
  • Hideaki Takeda Principles of Informatics Research Division, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-053

Keywords:

Conditions of use, licensing, research data publishing, data curation, open science, data-intensive science

Abstract

With the recent Open Science movement and the rise of data-intensive science, many efforts are in progress to publish research data on the web. To reuse published research data in different fields, they must be made more generalized, interoperable, and machine-readable. Among the various issues related to data publishing, the conditions of use are directly related to their reuse potential. We show herein the types of external constraints and conditions of use in research data publishing in a Japanese context through the analysis of the interview and questionnaire for practitioners. Although the conditions of research data use have been discussed only in terms of their legal constraints, we organize the inclusion of the non-legal constraints and data holders’ actual requirements. Furthermore, we develop practical guideline for examining effective data publishing flow with licensing scenarios. This effort can be positioned to develop an infrastructure for data-intensive science, which will contribute to the realization of Open Science.

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Published

2020-12-28

Issue

Vol. 19 (2020)

Section

Research Papers

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