@article { , title = {Open data and digital morphology}, 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.}, doi = {10.1098/rspb.2017.0194}, issue = {1852}, journal = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES}, pages = {20170194}, publicationstatus = {Published}, url = {https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1392837}, volume = {284}, keyword = {Musculoskeletal Biology, ePrints migration}, author = {Davies, T G and Rahman, I A and Lautenschlager, S and Cunningham, J A and Asher, R J and Barrett, P M and Bates, K T and Bengtson, S and Benson, R B J and Boyer, D M and Braga, J and Bright, J A and Claessens, L P A M and Cox, P G and Dong, X P and Evans, A R and Falkingham, P L and Friedman, M and Garwood, R J and Goswami, A and Hutchinson, J R and Jeffery, N S and Johanson, Z and Lebrun, R and Martinez-Perez, C and Marugan-Lobon, J and O'Higgins, P M and Metscher, B and Orliac, M and Rowe, T B and Rucklin, M and Sanchez-Villagra, M R and Shubin, N H and Smith, S Y and Starck, J M and Stringer, C and Summers, A P and Sutton, M D and Walsh, S A and Weisbecker, V and Witmer, L M and Wroe, S and Yin, Z J and Rayfield, E J and Donoghue, P C J} }