OASPA Signs Declarations relating to Text & Data Mining and Data Citation

OASPA [Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association] is supporting two important declarations which relate to data publication and reuse: The Hague Declaration and the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles.

Both declarations set out key considerations when using data that will lead to ethical and effective reuse by researchers, and the spread of good practices. We encourage you to read these declarations and, if your organisation hasn’t already done so, to also consider signing.

The Hague Declaration, coordinated by LIBER and drawn up in December 2014 by 25 international experts from different backgrounds, aims to foster knowledge discovery in the digital age by harnessing the power of text and data mining.

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The Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles is a FORCE 11–led working group, made up of many different organisations, and focuses on the next step: when data is reused, what is best practice for enabling datasets to be cited, and for appropriate attribution and acknowledgement to be given.

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