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(otherwise structure at author's discretion) Short commentaries or opinions on research data policy, workflows or infrastructure that don't need to report a specific technology or finding. Relating to the mechanics of data sharing Reports on new policies, repositories, standards, ontologies, workflows, or any topic

Detailed descriptions of research datasets, which focus on helping others reuse data, rather than testing hypotheses or presenting new interpretationsĪ new analysis or meta-analysis of existing data, which highlights examples of data reuse or new findings
