A multi-institutional stakeholder group in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2016 released a milestone document titled “Concordat for Open
Research Data”, which can be found at:
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/concordatonopenresearchdata-pdf/
There is an announcement about the release at:
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/concordat-on-open-research-data-launched-28-jul-2016
and a helpful blog post by Rachael Bruce at the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/introducing-the-new-sector-agreement-for-open-research-data-28-jul-2016
giving some additional background.
It would be wonderful to see stakeholders in the United States adopt a similar set of shared principles.
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI