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intellectual input to these analyses, not contribution of data. To facilitate collaboration,
the coordinator of each synthesis will announce planned analyses on the project website.
The data-access policy is based on the policy adopted by the Palaeovegetation Mapping Project
(BIOME 6000). It conforms to the guidelines laid down in the PAGES data guide Other
initiatives within the BIOME 6000 project (e.g. PAIN, CiMBIO) and in QUEST have similar
data-access policies, and these policies are in conformity with the guidelines given by WDC-A,
IGBP-PAGES, and funding agencies such as the EU and the UK NERC, and is consistent with
the public-access policy of journals such as Nature.
8.3 WODAN – the best policy to use?
Drawing on the experience of both Creative Commons and the Global palaeofire working group
the below solution for WODAN is suggested. A default licence may be set that as soon as a user
opens the WODAN database they have to tick before they can progress further. The below picture
will appear on the link to the user agreement.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons License Deed
Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported
You are free:
• to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work
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