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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I meant that my example/basis for
concern was not hypothetical. <br>
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However, you have opened another can of worms here with reference
to NSF data-sharing requirements so I think it necessary to make
clear that NSF does NOT require that you share all data publicly.
That is a common misperception. Now granted, it looks like the
federal agencies are heading in that direction, but they are not
there yet. <br>
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Here is the current policy:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp">http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp</a><br>
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!important; float: none;">Investigators are expected to share
with other researchers, at no more than incremental cost and
within a reasonable time, the primary data, samples, physical
collections and other supporting materials created or gathered
in the course of work under NSF grants. Grantees are expected to
encourage and facilitate such sharing.<br>
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That is quite different from "required to post on a database
open to the public."<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a>
"Providing Scientific Information about Birds<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET">"
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"</a>
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On 7/11/13 1:37 PM, Doug Yanega wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On 7/11/13 10:20 AM, Ellen Paul wrote:
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<pre wrap="">And by the way, this is NOT hypothetical.
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<pre wrap="">I was not posing it as a hypothetical. I was suggesting that one needs
an objective criterion to decide whether a given data point should or
should not be made public. We have hundreds of specimens of endangered
species in our collection, but all are either from localities that are
already well-known to collectors, or from areas where the species has
long ago been extirpated. As such, we have no reason to clean those data
before putting them online. If we ever acquire something else for which
the data are NOT already public, then we might reconsider what to do
with that particular specimen record. Also, given that a fair bit of our
specimen data was captured using NSF money, we might be on shaky ground
if we withheld information from the public.
Sincerely,
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