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9/12/16

Attendees:\Shankar Subramaniam, Olivier Blondel, Lisa Chadwick, Kathia Zaleta, Chuck Murray, Nils Gehlenborg, Matt Roy (notes) 1.\Publication Policy

• Many are worried about providing full manuscript with all details at the time of submission to full consortium, but people may be happy to post pre-print, such as BioRxiv, instead of sharing just with the consortium.
• It may be constrained by some journals not accepting manuscripts for which preprints have been shared
• As the posting timeline of preprints on biorxiv is documented and since preprints are citable by DOI, consortium members may submit for sharing with assurance that their work will considered as a paper for all relevant purposes.
• Findings that are relevant to our consortium need be shared early on.
• To avoid overlap and foster collaboration, Lisa Chadwick proposes a strong recommendation or requirement to notify consortium of upcoming publications. Current language in policy is not sufficient.

Next Steps:

1. Leonid and Nils: Assess limitations of pre-print requirement on publishing for consortium members;
2. Add language regarding preprints to say: Posting of preprints on biorxiv (or comparable) is required upon initial submission to a journal with the understanding that the consortium acknowledges that manuscripts posted on bioRxiv are considered publications for all practical purposes; and
3. Clarify language in section “When to Share” to say that abstracts can also be short summaries/outlines and that the goal is to foster collaboration, not to have the final abstract with a summary of findings.

2.\Data release policy * Nils notes two points to address with data release: when and to whom, consortium and the public?\

• Lisa and John Satterlee created a draft release policy for the group to work off of.
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-wcLTGw-Xd7KYWcmrTo_48vypjHc0cKI27BRPy5dXyk/edit
• Lisa provided comparisons of the policies of other consortia for the group to consider.
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lFSSTQUA-TY2JBllUb62TrP0ZWN0G8MxeWt-zgur_j0/edit#gid=0
• Lisa reminded the group that the consortium should be catalyzing research beyond the consortium, as early public data sharing will.

Next Steps:

1. Work on Data Release Policy draft offline\__within google doc and possibly convene a small meeting with key stakeholders if necessary so something may be shared before the annual meeting