Summary: Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data
Abstract
Creative Commons offers recommendations for opening data that organizations produce, collect, publish, and/or host to be publicly shared for scientific inquiry. We aim to ensure that open data is simple to access and use, and to provide guidance that maximizes access, sharing, and reuse of open data. This publication is a summary of our Recommended Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Research Data Management Practices
Academic Publishing and Open Access
Data Analysis and Archiving
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN