Data Archiving and Permissions

Data Archiving and Permissions in full

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   Data availability statement

   Every empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement. It explains where the data supporting the results can be found, with the repository and persistent identifier, or the conditions under which they can be accessed when restrictions apply.

2. 02

   Choosing a repository

   Use a recognized, curated repository suited to the data. Examples for carbohydrate research include GlyTouCan for glycan structures, GlycoPOST for glycomics mass-spectrometry data, the Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank for NMR data, the Protein Data Bank for carbohydrate-protein structures, and general-purpose repositories such as Zenodo, Dryad or Figshare where no specialist repository applies.

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   Code and software

   Deposit analysis code, workflows and processing parameters in a versioned repository, and cite the version used.

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   Human participants and privacy

   Data from human participants are shared only as far as consent and ethics approval allow. Remove direct identifiers, and describe how a qualified researcher can request access when sharing is restricted.

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   Secondary data

   Cite the source of data that were obtained from other studies or databases, and state the terms under which they were reused.

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   Permission to reuse published material

   Written permission from the copyright holder is required to reproduce or adapt published figures, tables or text, unless the material is available under a license that permits reuse. Cite the source in the legend.

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   Supplementary material

   Supplementary files are cited in the text, published as supplied and must be final. They carry the same license as the article.

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   Questions

   Questions about data and permissions can be sent to info@openaccesspub.org.