Data Seal of Approval acquires International Board and loses one guideline
The Data Seal of Approval developed by Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) was the theme of an international workshop in The Hague on 30 January. DANS presented its ideas for an International Board to develop the Seal further. The very first meeting of the proposed Board caused the Seal to lose one guideline - which is exactly in line with the intended purpose of the Seal: it should be a lightweight instrument to introduce data producers and archives to thinking about the quality assurances needed to secure long-term access. Further information on the Seal is to be found in the powerpoint presentation by Henk Harmsen.
Photograph: the proposed International Board: from left to right: (Henk Harmsen), Paul Trilsbeek (NL, MPI/CLARIN), Natascha Schumann (D, DNB/NESTOR), Olivier Rouchon (F, CINES), Mary Vardigan (USA, ICPSR), (Lisa de Leeuw), Hans Pfeiffenberger (D, AWI, IPYDLE), Matthew Woolard (UK, UKDA/CESSDA), Laurents Sesink (NL, DANS/DARIAH).
