A multi-institutional stakeholder group in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2016 released a milestone document titled "Concordat for Open Research Data", which can be found at:
There is an announcement about the release at:
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/concordat-on-open-research-data-launched-28-jul-2016and a helpful blog post by Rachael Bruce at the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/introducing-the-new-sector-agreement-for-open-research-data-28-jul-2016giving some additional background.
It would be wonderful to see stakeholders in the United States adopt a similar set of shared principles.
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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