Thomas G. Davies
Open data and digital morphology
Davies, Thomas G.; Rahman, Imran A.; Lautenschlager, Stephan; Cunningham, John A.; Asher, Robert J.; Barrett, Paul M.; Bates, Karl T.; Bengtson, Stefan; Benson, Roger B. J.; Boyer, Doug M.; Braga, José; Bright, Jen A.; Claessens, Leon P. A. M.; Cox, Philip G.; Dong, Xi-Ping; Evans, Alistair R.; Falkingham, Peter L.; Friedman, Matt; Garwood, Russell J.; Goswami, Anjali; Hutchinson, John R.; Jeffery, Nathan S.; Johanson, Zerina; Lebrun, Renaud; Martínez-Pérez, Carlos; Marugán-Lobón, Jesús; O'Higgins, Paul M.; Metscher, Brian; Orliac, Maëva; Rowe, Timothy B.; Rücklin, Martin; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Shubin, Neil H.; Smith, Selena Y.; Starck, J. Matthias; Stringer, Chris; Summers, Adam P.; Sutton, Mark D.; Walsh, Stig A.; Weisbecker, Vera; Witmer, Lawrence M.; Wroe, Stephen; Yin, Zongjun; Rayfield, Emily J.; Donoghue, Philip C. J.
Authors
Imran A. Rahman
Stephan Lautenschlager
John A. Cunningham
Robert J. Asher
Paul M. Barrett
Karl T. Bates
Stefan Bengtson
Roger B. J. Benson
Doug M. Boyer
José Braga
Jen A. Bright
Leon P. A. M. Claessens
Philip G. Cox
Xi-Ping Dong
Alistair R. Evans
Peter L. Falkingham
Matt Friedman
Russell J. Garwood
Anjali Goswami
John R. Hutchinson
Nathan S. Jeffery
Zerina Johanson
Renaud Lebrun
Carlos Martínez-Pérez
Jesús Marugán-Lobón
Paul M. O'Higgins
Brian Metscher
Maëva Orliac
Timothy B. Rowe
Martin Rücklin
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Neil H. Shubin
Selena Y. Smith
J. Matthias Starck
Chris Stringer
Adam P. Summers
Mark D. Sutton
Stig A. Walsh
Vera Weisbecker
Lawrence M. Witmer
Stephen Wroe
Zongjun Yin
Emily J. Rayfield
Philip C. J. Donoghue
Abstract
Over the past two decades, the development of methods for visualizing and analysing specimens digitally, in three and even four dimensions, has transformed the study of living and fossil organisms. However, the initial promise that the widespread application of such methods would facilitate access to the underlying digital data has not been fully achieved. The underlying datasets for many published studies are not readily or freely available, introducing a barrier to verification and reproducibility, and the reuse of data. There is no current agreement or policy on the amount and type of data that should be made available alongside studies that use, and in some cases are wholly reliant on, digital morphology. Here, we propose a set of recommendations for minimum standards and additional best practice for three-dimensional digital data publication, and review the issues around data storage, management and accessibility.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Apr 12, 2017 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
Print ISSN | 0962-8452 |
Electronic ISSN | 1471-2954 |
Publisher | Royal Society, The |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 284 |
Issue | 1852 |
APA6 Citation | Davies, T. G., Rahman, I. A., Lautenschlager, S., Cunningham, J. A., Asher, R. J., Barrett, P. M., …Donoghue, P. C. J. (2017). Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1852), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194 |
Additional Information | Received: 2017-01-30; Accepted: 2017-03-10; Published: 2017-04-12 |
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