[Gary Berg-Cross]

In light of this WGs progress on data publishing concepts perhaps it is time to update terms in the DFT term tool.
see http://smw-rda.esc.rzg.mpg.de/index.php/Main_Page
 
We have an existing definition of Data Publishing that seems to a be 9-10 months old (prior to winter ESIP meeting)
The RDA/WDS Publishing Data Workflows WG proposes a definition as Data Publication as:
 
“The process whereby data are subjected to an assessment process to determine whether they should be acquired by a repository; followed by a rigorous acquisition and ingest process that results in products being publicly made available and supported for the long-term by that repository.”
 
Recent work by some members of the group had a more of a definition which started with:
 
 
“Data Publishing describes the process of making research data and other research objects available on the Web so that they can be discovered and referred to in a unique and persistent way.”
 
Should the existing definition in the DFT tool be updated ?  These may be small additions but of interest to the group.
 
One question is whether publication is only to the Web as noted in this definition or whether it is a broader concept.
 
Note, we don’t yet have a definition of “Data Publishing Workflows” in the tool and that might be a place to start with some related terms flowing from there.

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