Belmont Forum Open Data Survey 2014 This dataset was created in the context of the Belmont Forum’s E-Infrastructure and Data Management Collaborative Research Action (CRA, http://www.bfe-inf.org/). A survey targeting the global environmental research and data infrastructure community was run from 16 September to 12 November 2014. Overall, 1330 responses have been collected through a web survey (made available using SurveyMonkey). The survey consisted of 19 questions; all questions were non-obligatory (compare Schmidt et al, 2015). The dataset consists of: 1) The questionnaire: Belmont_Forum_Open_Data_Survey_2014_Questionnaire.pdf 2) Belmont_Forum_Open_Data_Survey_Results_minus_IP_minus_freetext_15112014.csv This file contains all 1330 responses, each line representing one response to the survey. The header consists of two lines: the questions, and the variable names. 3) For the publication of the survey data free text answers have either be lightly edited (question 4, other), or are provided in separate files (questions 8, 15, 16, 17): - Question 16: data_publishing_q16.csv - Question 7: detailsguidelines_q7.csv - Question 15: open_data_discovery_q15.csv - Question 17: open_data_leadexamples_q17.csv The variables (comp. questionnaire) are labeled as follows: - Added by web survey: [1] "RespondendID" [2] "CollectorID" [3] "Start.date" [4] "End.date" - Question 1: Country of origin [5] "Country" - Question 2: Age (clustered in age groups) [6] "Age" - Question 3: Sector of employment [7] "Employment.role" [8] "Other.employment.role" - Question 4: Type of data professional (multiple choice) [9] "Data.User" [10] "Data.Provider" [11] "Data.Manager" [12] "Other.Data.Role" - Question 5: Disciplinary community (multiple choice) [13] "Physical.sciences" [14] "Chemical.sciences" [15] "Earth.sciences.and.environmental.sciences" [16] "Biological.sciences" [17] "Agricultural.and.veterinary.sciences" [18] "Social.sciences" [19] "Computer.sciences" [20] "Climate.and.atmospheric.sciences" [21] "Health.sciences" [22] "Engineering" [23] "Economics" [24] "Other.discipline" - Question 6: Attributes of open data [25] "Provision.of.unrestricted.data" [26] "Ability.to.re.use.and.re.publish.data" [27] "Well.defined.license.terms" [28] "Well.defined.quality.information" [29] "Well.defined.metadata" [30] "Potential.value.for.research" [31] "Easily.accessible" [32] "Low.cost" [33] "Free.of.cost" [34] "Timely.data" [35] "Ability.to.restrict.access" [36] "Other.properties" - Question 7: Licenses for open data [37] "Public.Domain" [38] "Attribution" [39] "Attribution.Share.Alike" [40] "Non.Commercial" [41] "No.Derivatives" [42] "Open.Government.License" [43] "Other.License" - Question 8: Guidelines for open data [44] "Awareness.of.guidelines" [45] "Details.guidelines" - Question 9: Concerns about licenses [46] "Concerns.on.licenses" [47] "Details.licenses" - Question 10: Expectations about services/functionalities of infrastructures [48] "Citable.via.persistent.identifiers" [49] "Links.to.publications" [50] "Information.about.tools" [51] "Code.published.or.accessible" [52] "Interoperability" [53] "Publisher.endorsed" [54] "Repository.certified" [55] "Usage.conditions.available" [56] "Attribution.highlighted" [57] "Visual.interfaces" [58] "Other.services" - Question 11: Importance of open data [59] "Advancing.research" [60] "Educational.and.public.outreach.activities" [61] "Supporting.applications.to.societal.problems" [62] "Promoting.capacity.building.and.technology.transfer" [63] "Comments.open.data" [64] "Detail.open.data" - Question 12: Motivators [65] "Requests.from.data.users" [66] "Community.norms" [67] "Organizational.institutional.policy" [68] "Publisher.policy" [69] "Funder.policy" [70] "Scientific.professional.society.policy" [71] "Dissemination.and.recognition.of.your.work.research" [72] "Acceleration.of.scientific.research.and.applications" [73] "Personal.commitment.to.open.data" [74] "Other.motivators" - Question 13: Barriers [75] "Legal.constraints" [76] "Organisational.constraints" [77] "Commercial.use.and.exploitation" [78] "Loss.of.control.over.intellectual.property" [79] "Misinterpretation.or.misuse" [80] "Loss.of.credit.or.recognition" [81] "Difficulty.of.clarifying.rights.multiple.inputs.or.authors" [82] "Concerns.about.legal.liability.or.release" [83] "Concerns.about.impact.of.data.release" [84] "Desire.to.publish.results.before.releasing.data" [85] "Other.barriers" - Question 14: Discovery of open data [86] "References.in.journal.articles" [87] "Newsletters.or.other.publications" [88] "Government.or.institutional.announcements" [89] "Searching.in.specific.data.repositories" [90] "Web.search.engines" [91] "Directories.or.catalogs" [92] "Social.media" [93] "Blogs" [94] "Direct.requests.to.data.providers" [95] "Other.discovery" - Question 15: Systems/archives used to find/access open data [96] "Data.archive.discovery.1" [97] "Data.archive.discovery.2" [98] "Data.archive.discovery.3" - Question 16: … to publish open data [99] "Data.archive.publishing.1" [100] "Data.archive.publishing.2" [101] "Data.archive.publishing.3" - Question 17: Leading examples of open data systems/archives [102] "Leading.example.1" [103] "Leading.example.2" [104] "Leading.example.3" - Question 18: Burden when accessing and reusing data [105] "Time.delay.between.requesting.and.receiving.data" [106] "Needing.to.register..e.g..in.a.website..to.access.data" [107] "Accessing.and.understanding.terms.of.use..licenses" [108] "Accessing.usable.citation.attribution.information" [109] "Understanding.how.to.access.the.data" [110] "Understanding.how.to.interpret.and.reuse.data" [111] "Varying.degrees.of.data.quality.in.different.datasets" [112] "Varying.standards.in.how.data.has.been.gathered" [113] "Varying.data.formats" [114] "Paying.for.data" [115] "Open.data.that.are.not.timely.available" [116] "Other.burden.for.access.or.reuse" - Question 19: Types/sources/topics data where expansion of open data would benefit own work or community (free text) [117] "Open.Ended.Response" Cite data as: Schmidt, Birgit et al.. (2015). Belmont Forum Open Data Survey 2014. Zenodo. 10.5281/zenodo.16384 Contact Dr Birgit Schmidt, University of Göttingen, State and University Library, bschmidt@sub.uni-goettingen.de