Ingest Policy
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Before proposing a new dataset to VaxStats, review the following data requirements.
VaxStats data must be:
Requirement
Description
Machine-Readable
VaxStats data must be machine-readable, and in at least one of the following formats: CSV, XML, RDF, and/or JSON.
Human-Readable
VaxStats data must be human-readable, which means it must have adequate descriptions to make it interpretable and reusable.
Licensed
VaxStats data will be automatically licensed , unless another type of license (such as CC-BY) is found to be acceptable.
Secure
All data submitted to VaxStats must honor the anonymity of human subjects, and be certified as having made every reasonable effort to remove personally identifiable information from the dataset(s).
Verified
Data integrity should be validated with checksums, to ensure against errors.
These policies are in place so that VaxStats data adhere to the FAIR principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability. In addition to these principles, the VaxStats repository also emphasizes trust, in recognition of the sensitive nature of medical vaccination data about children.