Getting your DUCs in a row - standardising the representation of Digital Use Conditions
Improving patient care and advancing scientific discovery requires responsible sharing of research data, healthcare records, biosamples, and biomedical resources that must also respect applicable use conditions. Defining a standard to structure and manage these use conditions is a complex and challenging task. This is exemplified by a near unlimited range of asset types, a high variability of applicable conditions, and differing applications at the individual or collective level. Furthermore, the specifics and granularity required are likely to vary depending on the ultimate contexts of use. All these factors confound alignment of institutional missions, funding objectives, regulatory and technical requirements to facilitate effective sharing. The presented work highlights the complexity and diversity of the problem, reviews the current state of the art, and emphasises the need for a flexible and adaptable approach. We propose Digital Use Conditions (DUC) as a framework that addresses these needs by leveraging existing standards, striking a balance between expressiveness versus ambiguity, and considering the breadth of applicable information with their context of use.
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Author affiliation
College of Life Sciences/Genetics & Genome BiologyVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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Scientific DataVolume
11Issue
1Pagination
464Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLCeissn
2052-4463Copyright date
2024Available date
2024-05-14Publisher DOI
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enPublisher version
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Dr Spencer GibsonDeposit date
2024-05-10Rights Retention Statement
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