1. TERN
Data
Management
and
Data
Access
Policy
Presenta8on
by
Siddeswara
Guru
TERN
Data
Integra8on
and
Synthesis
Coordinator
Siddeswara
Guru,
Stuart
Phinn,
Tim
Clancy,
Andy
Lowe,
Brad
Evans,
Alison
Bradshaw,
Bek
Christensen,
Suzanne
Long
,
TERN
Facility
Directors
and
Data
Managers.

2. What
is
TERN
• Na8onal
Infrastructure
for
collec8ng,
storing
and
sharing
data
sets
and
knowledge
of
Australian
terrestrial
ecosystems.
• Builds
on
past
and
current
data
collec8on
ac8vi8es
by
all
level
of
government,
non-­‐government
and
research
organisa8ons.

4. Key
outcome
provide
a
shared
and
collabora8ve
research
infrastructure
to
address
Australia’s
cri8cal
ecosystem
science
and
management
challenges.
• Enable
more
coordina8on
and
collabora8on
• Provide
physical
and
data
infrastructure
• Build
a
community

5. • Collabora'on
and
co-­‐ordina'on:
Ecosystem
science
research
cycle(s)
Eciencyga
easedeectiv
Storage,!
preservation and!
discoverability !
of data
Data analysis,!
integration and !
synthesis
r
Ecosystem Science
Data + meta-data,!
licensing
Research output:!
new data and !
publications!
Enables large scale and
coordinated data
collection, sharing and
multiple re-uses!
Enhanced ability to
revise, question and
expand knowledge!
Knowledge gap:
research
questions!
Proposal and
planning!
Data collection,
verification,
quality assurance
and control!

6. Australian
terrestrial
ecosystem
source
data
(Databases,
repositories,
data
files,
images,
shapefiles)
Map
layers
(WMS)
Feature
Data
(WFS)
NetCDF
(THREDDS)
Seman8c
web
enabled
(ÆKOS)
ISO
19115
(Geonetwork)
TERN
DOI
Min8ng
service
OAI-­‐PMH
Harvester
TERN
Data
Catalogue
Portal
Search
API
External
Processes
HTTP
Portal(s)
HTML5,
OpenLayers,
JavaScript,
CSS
Service
Interfaces,
Metadata
Interchange
services,
Transforma8on
services,
Business
logic
Data
Management
Tool(s)
(Morpho,
SHaRED,
ANZMET
Lite)
Analysis
and
Synthesis
RIF-­‐CS
JSON
File
server
Field
Data
Collec8ons
EML
(Metacat)

7. TERN
data
licensing
policy
• The
least-­‐restric*ve
licence/terms
possible
are
to
be
applied
to
all
data
made
available
through
TERN.
• Data
generated
through
TERN
funding
(“TERN
data”)
will
be
made
freely
and
openly
available
by
the
relevant
Facility,
noCng
that:
v Users
will
be
required
to
aGribute
the
source
of
the
data;
and
v JusCfiable
condiCons
protecCng
sensiCviCes
of
data
will
be
allowed.

8. TERN
data
licensing
policy
• Third
party/exisCng
data
(“non-­‐TERN
data”)
provided
to/through
TERN
will
be
made
freely
and
openly
accessible
through
the
relevant
Facility,
noCng
that:
v Users
will
be
required
to
aGribute
the
source
of
the
data;
and
v Other
jusCfiable
condi*ons
of
use
(including
data
sensi*vi*es)
will
be
determined
by
the
data
custodian
in
negoCaCon
with
the
relevant
Facility,
subject
to
the
data
being
made
available
under
the
least
restricCve
licence/terms
possible.
• TERN
recommends
a
range
of
preferred
data
end
user
licences
to
achieve
TERN’s
data
access
goals.

9. TERN
data
licensing
policy
• Key
Stakeholders
• Data
providers
• TERN
Facili8es
• Data
users
• TERN
• Adherence
• Data
source
organisa8on
policy
and
procedures
• Facility
host
organisa8on
policy
and
procedures
• TERN
data
licensing
policy
• Challenge
• To
idenCfy
whether
copyright
subsist
with
the
data.
• IdenCfy
appropriate
license

10. TERN
Data
license
Suite
Covering
all
licensed
materials
including
materials
not
subjected
to
copyright
• TERN
Aribu8on
Licence
(TERN-­‐BY)
• TERN
Aribu8on-­‐No
Deriva8ve
Licence
(TERN-­‐BY-­‐ND)
• TERN
Aribu8on-­‐share
Alike
Licence
(TERN-­‐BY-­‐SA)
• TERN
Aribu8on-­‐share
Alike-­‐non
commercial
(TERN-­‐BY-­‐SA-­‐NC)
• Other
licenses
• Crea8ve
Commons
Australia
open
source
licenses
for
copyright
materials

11. Data
TERN-­‐funded
data
Non-­‐TERN
data
Must
be
free
and
open
Nego8a8on/partnership
with
Facility/Data
Custodian
Facility/Data
Custodian
determine/nego8ate
terms
of
access
Free
and
open
access?
Sufficiently
free?
If
data
copyrightable
with
restric8ons
If
data
copyrightable
and
no
restric8ons
STOP
Not
free
enough?
Choose
licence
Appropriate
TERN
licence
If
data
copyrightable
uncertain
+/-­‐
restric8ons
Altera8ve,
Policy-­‐
consistent
licence
Appropriate
CC
licence

12. TERN’s
impact
on
research
data
sharing
–
helping
change
• Domain
specific
data
management
• Data
and
meta-­‐entry
tools
• Meta-­‐data
standards
• Open
standards
for
data
delivery
• Flexible
licensing
policy
• Links
to
na8onal
research
data
catalog
• Ability
to
provide
citable
data
(with
DOIs)
• Work
under
progress
• Scalable
and
replicable
infrastructure

13. TERN’s
impact
on
ecosystem
science
and
management
• Standardised
data
collec8on
methodologies
• New
con8nental
scale
data
products
• Reduce
duplica8on
across
jurisdic8ons
• Improve
knowledge
for
science
to
management
• Promote
collabora8on
and
re-­‐use
of
data
• higher
return
of
investment
for
funding
agencies

14. eMAST
product
The
ecosystem
Produc'on
in
Space
and
Time
(ePiSaT)
project
is
supported
by
the
Australian
Na'onal
Data
Service
(ANDS).
ANDS
is
supported
by
the
Australian
Government
through
the
Na'onal
Collabora've
Research
Infrastructure
Strategy
Program
and
the
Educa'on
Investment
Fund
(EIF)
Super
Science
Ini'a've.

15. Interna'onal
Partners
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TERN
is
supported
by
the
Australian
Government
through
the
Na8onal
Collabora8ve
Research
Infrastructure
Strategy
and
the
Super
Science
Ini8a8ve
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16. More
informa8on
TERN
website:
www.tern.org.au
TERN
data
licence
:
www.tern.org.au/datalicence
TERN
Data
Discovery
Portal:
www.portal.tern.org.au
Thank
you
s.guru@uq.edu.au
TERN
Data
Management
and
Data
Access
Policy
by
S.
M.
Guru,
S.
Phinn
et
al
is
licensed
under
a
Crea8ve
Commons
Aribu8on-­‐ShareAlike
3.0
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License.