Open data and digital morphology

Davies, T G; Rahman, I A; Lautenschlager, S; Cunningham, J A; Asher, R J; Barrett, P M; Bates, K T; Bengtson, S; Benson, R B J; Boyer, D M; Braga, J; Bright, J A; Claessens, L P A M; Cox, P G; Dong, X P; Evans, A R; Falkingham, P L; Friedman, M; Garwood, R J; Goswami, A; Hutchinson, J R; Jeffery, N S; Johanson, Z; Lebrun, R; Martinez-Perez, C; Marugan-Lobon, J; O'Higgins, P M; Metscher, B; Orliac, M; Rowe, T B; Rucklin, M; Sanchez-Villagra, M R; Shubin, N H; Smith, S Y; Starck, J M; Stringer, C; Summers, A P; Sutton, M D; Walsh, S A; Weisbecker, V; Witmer, L M; Wroe, S; Yin, Z J; Rayfield, E J; Donoghue, P C J

doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0194

Open data and digital morphology

Davies, T G; Rahman, I A; Lautenschlager, S; Cunningham, J A; Asher, R J; Barrett, P M; Bates, K T; Bengtson, S; Benson, R B J; Boyer, D M; Braga, J; Bright, J A; Claessens, L P A M; Cox, P G; Dong, X P; Evans, A R; Falkingham, P L; Friedman, M; Garwood, R J; Goswami, A; Hutchinson, J R; Jeffery, N S; Johanson, Z; Lebrun, R; Martinez-Perez, C; Marugan-Lobon, J; O'Higgins, P M; Metscher, B; Orliac, M; Rowe, T B; Rucklin, M; Sanchez-Villagra, M R; Shubin, N H; Smith, S Y; Starck, J M; Stringer, C; Summers, A P; Sutton, M D; Walsh, S A; Weisbecker, V; Witmer, L M; Wroe, S; Yin, Z J; Rayfield, E J; Donoghue, P C J

Authors

T G Davies

I A Rahman

S Lautenschlager

J A Cunningham

R J Asher

P M Barrett

K T Bates

S Bengtson

R B J Benson

D M Boyer

J Braga

J A Bright

L P A M Claessens

P G Cox

X P Dong

A R Evans

P L Falkingham

M Friedman

R J Garwood

A Goswami

J R Hutchinson

N S Jeffery

Z Johanson

R Lebrun

C Martinez-Perez

J Marugan-Lobon

P M O'Higgins

B Metscher

M Orliac

T B Rowe

M Rucklin

M R Sanchez-Villagra

N H Shubin

S Y Smith

J M Starck

C Stringer

A P Summers

M D Sutton

S A Walsh

V Weisbecker

L M Witmer

S Wroe

Z J Yin

E J Rayfield

P 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.

Citation

Davies, T. G., Rahman, I. A., Lautenschlager, S., Cunningham, J. A., Asher, R. J., Barrett, P. M., …Donoghue, P. C. J. (in press). Open data and digital morphology. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 10, 2017
Deposit Date	May 12, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Nov 21, 2020
Journal	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	284
Issue	1852
Pages	20170194
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0194
Public URL	https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1392837