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You can download the formal European Tracking Network (ETN) Data Policy here.

 

ACCESS TO ETN DATA

ETN makes a distinction between Restricted and Unrestricted Data, according tot the above moratorium rules.

  • Unrestricted Data is all data that is nor under moratorium. Public access and download of Unrestricted Data can be done through the R-Shiny Lifewatch data explorer or through the ETN R package.
    Unrestricted Data is licensed as CC-By. This license lets other distribute, remix, tweak and build upon the original Data Owner's work, even commercially, as long as they credit the Data Owner for the original data creation.
  • Restricted Data is all data under moratorium. Access to these data is restricted to Data Owners and Data Collaborators granted access by the Data Owners.
    Any registered user wishes to access Restricted Data other than their own must obtain the consent of the Data Owner. Access shall be provided on the terms set out by the data Owner.

USE OF ETN DATA

Citation Guidelines

The following citation guidelines are provided for data users, data owners and data collaborators to assure appropriate citation of data from ETN. Proper citation of restricted projects (animals) will depend on the data owner's terms of use and chosen license.

User shall cite ETN data within the text and/or reference list of a scientific paper or report. Any use od ETN data in a publication, product or commercial application shall provide proper attribution to ETN.

ETN should be cited as:

  • European Tracking Network – data management platform. Flanders Marine Institute, [year-of-data-download], [data-access-URL], accessed [date-of-access]
  • For Example: European Tracking Network – data management platform. Flanders Marine Institute, 2017, http://www.lifewatch.be/etn/, accessed 20-12-2017

ETN should be acknowledged as:

  • Data was sourced from the European Tracking Network data portal (http://www.lifewatch.be/etn/), developed by the Flanders Marine Institute as part of the Flemish contribution to LifeWatch.

Data Use

  • All individuals that make use of the ETN Data for any type of publications, products or commercial applications shall inform ETN of these as soon as practical.
  • All individuals who use ETN Data agree and acknowledge that neither ETN nor the Data Collaborator is liable for any inaccuracies in the ETN Data.
  • All Unrestricted Data held by ETN will be routinely reported to international biodiversity facilities such as the Ocean Biogeographic Information System and Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  • Restricted Data is not automatically distributed to international biodiversity facilities