Data Archiving Policy

"The JDAP [Journal Data Archiving Policy] is a policy of required deposition to be adopted in a coordinated fashion by Dryad partner journals. The Joint Data Archiving Policy (JDAP) is distinct from Dryad. However, it is recognized that Dryad is designed in order to make the JDAP easier, and without JDAP there would likely be limited adoption of Dryad; thus the two efforts are mutually reinforcing. The following wording was agreed upon by the Dryad Consortium Management Board: '> requires, as a condition for publication, that data supporting the results in the paper should be archived in an appropriate public archive, such as >.' ..."