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Citation of research data is becoming the norm. Government agencies like OSTP, NSF, NASA and NOAA require data to be fully and openly accessible, and have articulated data citation as a means to achieving open and equal access to data to all interested parties. Also, publishers are requiring manuscript submitters to provide access to the data sets used in their published research in order to link publications with the data that underly them. Citation of research data is a key component of these goals.
Priniciples of data citation have reached some degree of maturity, but significant issues remain. In particular, how does one cite data that is dynamic, e.g., created via subsetting, aggregation, or other on-demand, server side functionality?
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) Working Group on data citation has been working in this area, and the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP Federation) held a workshop on this topic Dynamic Data Citation this year. In this talk, Ruth will describe the the current state of research data citation and the results of these recent efforts.
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