Availability statements for data, software, algorithms and models, research, and educational resources

Data sources providing materials covered by this Open Policy must include an Open Availability statement. This pertains to all projects and initiatives that have open research, data, software, algorithms and models, and educational resources associated with the project.

This statement must be added to the title page of the research manuscript prior to submission for all types of research, and to the title page or landing page of the educational resource(s). For general data and software the availability statement must be published on the organization's website and on any public repository used as host.

The availability statement must include:

• A description of the open data and their metadata, or the software, algorithms and models developed, underlying data to research articles, and/or educational resources.
• A direct reference to where the data, source code, algorithms or models, research data or educational resources can be found for re-use.
• A direct reference to any documentation of the above mentioned resources, including a list of data and content assets and the open license (or public domain dedication) on each (linked to the relevant open license).
• If relevant, a direct link to a reference implementation.

The availability statement should not refer readers or reviewers to a data responsible contact or an author to obtain the data or resources, but should instead include the applicable details where the data, software, algorithms, models and/or other content can be found.