John Helliwell points out to me that it might be useful to know what MX crystallographic data researchers in different countries are already expected to deposit or save. He notes that research funding agencies in the UK expect researchers to preserve their raw experimental data for at least 5 years.
Can people comment on what data they are already expected to save in their countries, and what mechanisms they already have for facilitating this (for example the Australian Research Council TARDIS initiative which helps store raw diffraction images)? If you want to see or post comments on this thread on the IUCR Forum you can do that at: http://forums.iucr.org/viewforum.php?f=21 Also of course posts here on this mailing list are fine. -Tom T
