README Generator
README Generator
Sharing & Access Information
2.1 Data sharing confirmation
Please adjust this statement in alignment with your dataset. If you have undergone ethics review, please confirm you have consent to share de-identified aggregate data publicly. If your research does not require ethics, please confirm your data is free of licensing and IP information and you have permission to share data publicly.
Sharing Confirmation
2.2 License
A license defines what can and can not be done with your data once made freely available. The most common data licenses are Creative Commons (CC) and Open Data Commons. If you are depositing your data in McMaster Dataverse, you will select a license from the drop-down menu.
License
2.3 Dataset DOI/URL
You will need to add your dataset to your chosen repository to obtain the DOI/URL for your dataset. When you deposit your data (including this README) to a repository, it will be given a DOI that you should reference here. Beginning a deposit in Dataverse by clicking "Add Data" will hold a DOI you can copy over here! If you are using a different repository, remember to update the DOI in your README once it is available.DOI/URL
2.4 Related publications, outputs, and datasets
If you are sharing this dataset as part of publishing an article, book, report, or other research output, add the citation for the publication here. If this dataset is related to research software you've developed, if you've published using this dataset before, or if it relates to other datasets, please add a brief description and links to them here.Related Items
2.5 Was data derived from or analyzed in relation to other datasets?
Please include a brief description and citation for any secondary datasets used in your research. This includes training datasets for machine learning, statistics, other researchers' data, data accessed from a nonprofit or government source, and more. If your data is too sensitive to publish and you are publishing metadata only, please include details about your dataset here. This supports reproducibility and helps someone reusing your dataset understand how trustworthy it is. NOTE: Secondary datasets do not need to be publicly available. If they are publicly available, include the data citation and dataset DOI. If they are not publicly available, include the DOI or URL with access instruction. For example, you could include a link to the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging's Data Access Application Process.Other Sources
2.6 Technical requirements
Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data - instrumentation settings for sciences; data analysis software for social sciences; or other information. Include full name and version of software, and any necessary packages or libraries needed to run scripts. Include standards and calibration information, if appropriate.
Technical requirements
2.7 Recommended citation for this dataset
Data citation should include creators and contributors, date of publication, title of dataset, publisher/distributor/repository, persistent identifier, version. Beginning a deposit in Dataverse by clicking "Add Data" will provide a citation you can copy over here!
Citation
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