CC-BY

This license lets others distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.

CC-BY-NC

This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Reference: CC Taiwan

Required fields for various data type using Darwin Core (DwC)

DwC 資料欄位標準中文簡要說明

Specification of open data submission for Biodiversity-related projects funded by NSTC

Taiwan National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is responsible for the following specific aims in “Biodiversity Action Plan”:

1. The data referred to in this specification are the data generated during the implementation of the research project subsidized by NSTC, including (but not limited to) species occurrence records (see Note 2), morphological measurements, gene sequences, environmental factor measurements, species checklists, sampling sites, description, other associated information, and more.
2. For the technical details of data management and submission, the data management unit designated by the NSTC will hold regular briefing sessions and update online resource explanations.
3. When submitting data to the database, the PI may choose the disclosure conditions, including retention period (immediate disclosure, disclosure after two years, disclosure after three years), disclosure scope (Taiwan or global), and authorization conditions. The data will be made public when the conditions are met.
4. The management and submission of research data are part of the project; the status and quality of the data submission (see Note 3) will be included in the review and as reference for future research project applications.
5. Research result and paper published using publicly available data should appropriately cite the data used (including contribution of the data provider), for promotion of open data in academic research.

Note:

1. Data preservation in scientific research has made remarkable progress in Europe and United States in recent years supporting the open data movement and open government initiative: — National Science Foundation of the United States has begun to require research project proposal to specify data management plan and budget since 2011 (NSF, 2013). — European Union defines “open access” as “free access to research reports and original data”, and require data management plan in the research project to state the openness of data and the maintenance cost (European Union, 2018).
2. Species occurrence records are defined as those obtained through 1) human or automated collection and observation, 2) organism was identified, and 3) data indicating the time, location, and other information relevant to the occurrence.
3. In the process of uploading data, it is recommended to use the GBIF Data Validator (https://www.gbif.org/tool/81281/gbif-data-validator) for inspection of basic data quality.

References:

NSTC data and document submission

Organize and submit biodiversity data in accordance with international data standards, facilitate the sharing and citation of data among academic peers, and improve research standards.

Data management process @TaiBIF, the above is handled in accordance with the Taiwan National Science and Technology Council’s “Specifications for the Release of Species Distribution Data for Biodiversity and Long-term Ecological Research Programs”