Open data and digital morphology.

Davies TG; Rahman IA; Lautenschlager S; Cunningham JA; Asher RJ; Barrett PM; Bates KT; Bengtson S; Benson RB; Boyer DM; Braga J; Bright JA; Claessens LP; Cox PG; Dong XP; Evans AR; Falkingham PL; Friedman M; Garwood RJ; Goswami A; Hutchinson JR; Jeffery NS; Johanson Z; Lebrun R; Martínez-Pérez C; Marugán-Lobón J; O'Higgins PM; Metscher B; Orliac M; Rowe TB; Rücklin M; Sánchez-Villagra MR; Shubin NH; Smith SY; Starck JM; Stringer C; Summers AP; Sutton MD; Walsh SA; Weisbecker V; Witmer LM; Wroe S; Yin Z; Rayfield EJ; Donoghue PC

doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0194

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Open data and digital morphology.

Davies TG School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Rahman IA School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Lautenschlager S School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Cunningham JA School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Asher RJ Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
Barrett PM Dept. Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Bates KT Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK.
Bengtson S Dept. Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.
Benson RB Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK.
Boyer DM Dept. Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, PO Box 90383, Biological Sciences Building, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Braga J Computer-assisted Palaeoanthropology Team, UMR 5288 CNRS-Université de Toulouse (Paul Sabatier), Toulouse, France.
Bright JA School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Claessens LP Dept. Biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610, USA.
Cox PG Dept. Archaeology and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dong XP School of Earth and Space Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
Evans AR School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Falkingham PL School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Friedman M Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Garwood RJ Dept. Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Goswami A Dept. Genetics, Evolution and Environment, and Dept. Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London SW17 7PL, UK.
Hutchinson JR Structure and Motion Lab, Dept. Comparative Biomedical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, UK.
Jeffery NS Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK.
Johanson Z Dept. Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Lebrun R Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, CC64, Université de Montpellier, campus Triolet, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
Martínez-Pérez C School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Marugán-Lobón J Unidad de Paleontología, Dpto. Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Spain.
O'Higgins PM Dept. Archaeology and Hull York Medical School, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Metscher B Dept. Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Austria.
Orliac M Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, CC64, Université de Montpellier, campus Triolet, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
Rowe TB Jackson School of Geosciences C1100, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Rücklin M School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Sánchez-Villagra MR Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Karl Schmid Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland.
Shubin NH Dept. Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Smith SY Dept. Earth and Environmental Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Starck JM Dept. Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (LMU), Großhadernerstr. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
Stringer C Dept. Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Summers AP University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA.
Sutton MD Dept. Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Walsh SA National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, UK.
Weisbecker V School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Witmer LM Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH 45701, USA.
Wroe S School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia.
Yin Z School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.
Rayfield EJ School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK e.rayfield@bristol.ac.uk.
Donoghue PC School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK phil.donoghue@bristol.ac.uk.

2017-04-14

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Proceedings. Biological sciences. - 2017

Biological Science Disciplines

English Over the past two decades, the development of methods for visualizing and analysing specimens digitally, in three and even four dimensions, has transformed the study of living and fossil organisms. However, the initial promise that the widespread application of such methods would facilitate access to the underlying digital data has not been fully achieved. The underlying datasets for many published studies are not readily or freely available, introducing a barrier to verification and reproducibility, and the reuse of data. There is no current agreement or policy on the amount and type of data that should be made available alongside studies that use, and in some cases are wholly reliant on, digital morphology. Here, we propose a set of recommendations for minimum standards and additional best practice for three-dimensional digital data publication, and review the issues around data storage, management and accessibility.

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