Introduction
1.
Why Open Data
1.1.
What and Why of Open Data
1.2.
Challenges to Open Data
1.3.
Additional Resources
2.
How to Open Your Data
2.1.
A Data Blind Date
2.2.
Metadata, a Love Note to the Future
2.3.
Creating a Data_README
2.4.
File Formats
2.5.
Additional Resources
3.
Sharing Your Data
3.1.
Where to Share
3.2.
How to Find a Place to Share
3.3.
Can You / Should You Share Your Data
3.4.
License Your Data to Share
3.5.
Additional Resources
4.
Become a Data Hunter
4.1.
Where to Find Data
4.2.
Things to Think About
4.3.
Additional Resources
5.
Making Friends with Other People's Data
5.1.
Converting File Formats
5.2.
Data Wrangling
5.3.
License Stacking
5.4.
Responsible Use
5.5.
Additional Resources
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Information
Data Sharing: Everything on Display
Creative Commons: Data and CC licenses
Digital Curation Centre: How to License Research Data
Open Definition: Guide to Open Data Licensing
Data Sharing Policies
Digital Curation Centre’s Overview of Funders’ Data Policies
International Copyright Basics
SPARC’s Research Funder Data Sharing Policies
World Intellectual Property Organization: What is Intellectual Property? (pdf)
Sample institutional data sharing policy:
University of Edinburgh