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Open data and digital morphology.

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Davies, TG; Rahman, IA; Lautenschlager, S; Cunningham, JA; Asher, RJ; Barrett, PM; Bates, KT; Bengtson, S; Benson, RBJ; Boyer, DM; Braga, J ...
Published in: Proceedings. Biological sciences
April 2017

Over the past two decades, the development of methods for visualizing and analysing specimens digitally, in three and even four dimensions, has transformed the study of living and fossil organisms. However, the initial promise that the widespread application of such methods would facilitate access to the underlying digital data has not been fully achieved. The underlying datasets for many published studies are not readily or freely available, introducing a barrier to verification and reproducibility, and the reuse of data. There is no current agreement or policy on the amount and type of data that should be made available alongside studies that use, and in some cases are wholly reliant on, digital morphology. Here, we propose a set of recommendations for minimum standards and additional best practice for three-dimensional digital data publication, and review the issues around data storage, management and accessibility.

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Proceedings. Biological sciences

DOI

EISSN

1471-2954

ISSN

0962-8452

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

284

Issue

1852

Start / End Page

20170194

Related Subject Headings

  • Research
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Datasets as Topic
  • Data Curation
  • Biological Science Disciplines
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
 

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Davies, T. G., Rahman, I. A., Lautenschlager, S., Cunningham, J. A., Asher, R. J., Barrett, P. M., … Donoghue, P. C. J. (2017). Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 284(1852), 20170194. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194
Davies, Thomas G., Imran A. Rahman, Stephan Lautenschlager, John A. Cunningham, Robert J. Asher, Paul M. Barrett, Karl T. Bates, et al. “Open data and digital morphology.Proceedings. Biological Sciences 284, no. 1852 (April 2017): 20170194. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194.
Davies TG, Rahman IA, Lautenschlager S, Cunningham JA, Asher RJ, Barrett PM, et al. Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings Biological sciences. 2017 Apr;284(1852):20170194.
Davies, Thomas G., et al. “Open data and digital morphology.Proceedings. Biological Sciences, vol. 284, no. 1852, Apr. 2017, p. 20170194. Epmc, doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0194.
Davies TG, Rahman IA, Lautenschlager S, Cunningham JA, Asher RJ, Barrett PM, Bates KT, Bengtson S, Benson RBJ, Boyer DM, Braga J, Bright JA, Claessens LPAM, Cox PG, Dong X-P, Evans AR, Falkingham PL, Friedman M, Garwood RJ, Goswami A, Hutchinson JR, Jeffery NS, Johanson Z, Lebrun R, Martínez-Pérez C, Marugán-Lobón J, O’Higgins PM, Metscher B, Orliac M, Rowe TB, Rücklin M, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Shubin NH, Smith SY, Starck JM, Stringer C, Summers AP, Sutton MD, Walsh SA, Weisbecker V, Witmer LM, Wroe S, Yin Z, Rayfield EJ, Donoghue PCJ. Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings Biological sciences. 2017 Apr;284(1852):20170194.
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Published In

Proceedings. Biological sciences

DOI

EISSN

1471-2954

ISSN

0962-8452

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

284

Issue

1852

Start / End Page

20170194

Related Subject Headings

  • Research
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Datasets as Topic
  • Data Curation
  • Biological Science Disciplines
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences