[Asis-l] OECD White Paper: _We Need Publishing Standards for Datasets andData Tables_

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OECD has released a white paper, We Need Publishing Standards for Datasets
and Data Tables, which examines the problems with current data
discoverability and citations and the remedy in creating industry standards
for bibliographic dataset metadata and linking.



Written by Toby Green, Head of Publishing at OECD and an expert in data
publishing, the paper details the problems with user ability to locate and
reference online data. Datasets are a significant part of the scholarly
record and being published much more frequently but with widely inconsistent
metadata, links and citations.



The paper proposes bibliographic metadata standards that could be
implemented to provide users and librarians with data that is as accessible
and as easy to find and catalogue as written works like journal articles and
book chapters. By following existing scholarly metadata standards, datasets
can easily utilise the existing discovery channels that are used by
e-journals and e-books, including library systems, cross reference linking,
publishing platforms, and search engines.



The paper provides straightforward standards that 'publishers, librarians
and data providers can implement to improve the accessibility and usage of
important datasets, both the data that underlies scholarly works and data in
that is published in its own right.



A Link To The Full Text Is Available At



[http://tinyurl.com/cmeaap ]



/Gerry



Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011



gerrymck at iastate.edu



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