1. Business Practices Working Group Karen Morgenroth National Research Council Canada DataCite Summer Meeting 2013-09-19 Washington, DC

2. Business Practices Working Group What we do Develop best business practices; articulate DataCite policy Who we are Members from France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, US, Canada Interested in becoming a member? karen.morgenroth {@} nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 3. http://www.datacite.org/sites/default/files/Business_Models_Principles_v1.0.pdf 4. Business Models Principles Information for allocation agencies Costs/fees schedules; prefixes; membership; contracts/agreements Information for clients Commitment to persistent access; landing pages; syntax; mandatory metadata requirement Definitions Data sets; data papers; grey literature 5. Data Quality Survey What constitutes data quality How might this quality be assessed What do you see as DataCites role in ensuring or assessing quality? 52 respondents 6. What constitutes data quality No consensus Data quality is one of those abstract phrases that has so many concepts it should be abandoned as conveying an unambiguous meaning. 7. How might this quality be assessed? Scientific context; intended use Disciplinary standards; expert knowledge Data centres Peer review Metadata and documentation 8. DataCites role in ensuring data quality No direct role Concept of usurping the role of scientific communities Ensuring data centres/repositories have procedures Do DOIs actually indicate quality? Ensure metadata quality 9. Thank you to all who responded to the survey karen.morgenroth{@}nrc-cnrc.gc.ca