UK SOLAS Conditions of Use

• Data¹ will be lodged with the appropriate data centre on acquisition², together with such metadata as are defined under the UK SOLAS data management plan.
• Data will be embargoed for 1 year from acquisition, allowing the PI and co-workers to exploit them in the first instance. The metadata will not be embargoed, to allow the wider community to be aware of work being carried out under UK SOLAS and facilitate community building.
• Data will be made available to the UK SOLAS community after 1 year, and to everyone after 2 years.
• Anyone making further scientific use of UK SOLAS data within 3 years of them being lodged at the Data Centre is required to include the PI and/or co-workers (as appropriate) as co-author/s on any resulting papers, if the PI and/or co-workers so desire.
• Any corrections, improvements or amendments to data must be lodged with the appropriate data centre as soon as possible.
• PIs making use of UK SOLAS data are responsible for ensuring that the data used in publications are the best available at the time.
• Data submitted to the Data Centre must be in the data format agreed between the Data Centre and PI. In addition, all agreed metadata must be supplied to the Data Centre.
• During the time when data are restricted from the public domain, no data will be transferred to parties outside the programme without the explicit agreement of the originator. In addition, guidance will need to be sought from the Science Coordinator and the Steering Committee if major data transfers are involved, to avoid compromising the interests of other programme participants.
• In the event of dispute, the final decision rests with the UK SOLAS Science Coordinator and the Steering Committee.
• PIs and/or co-workers failing to comply with the UK SOLAS data policy would be subject to appropriate sanctions.