FAQ: LRs Sharing within the META-SHARE Network

  • Q

    What does it mean to share my resource through META-SHARE?

    A

    Once you share your resources through META-Share, they will be available to others according to your licensing terms: e.g. they can be available to everyone or only to META-SHARE Members (i.e. to people who have shared their own resources) or only to academics/researchers or for academic and commercial use etc.

    You have full control over the way your resources are distributed, described and documented. You can opt to let people download your resources freely, to access them via a tool/interface or to contact you in order to get them. Furthermore, by joining META-SHARE, you join the community of resource sharing, so you get to share other people's resources.

    For information about the administrative and technical steps to follow, please check the relevant FAQs sections How to become a member of META-SHARE and Registration.

  • Q

    Do I have to sign any document before I upload my resources to the META-SHARE tool?

    A

    You have to sign the Depositor's Agreement, where you state that you have cleared all IPR issues on the metadata and the data, that you licence the metadata under a Creative Commons Attribution International (CC-BY) version 4.0 or higher, or the EU Open Metadata Licence, and that you have not infringed any law by uploading the resources.

    For more details, see the Depositor's Agreement.