= Checklist for Authors of Science Articles in Solar Physics =

TODO: clarify which of these apply to raw data vs. intermediary data vs. final results / published data.

== Background: ==

* [http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Interagency_Data_Stewardship/2009AGUTownHall AGU Town Hall on Data Citation]
* [http://ipydis.org/data/citations.html "How to Cite a Data Set" from IPY]
* [http://sdac.virtualsolar.org/catalogs/catalog_checklist.txt "Catalog Checklist" (for people publishing catalogs)]
* [http://www.agu.org/pubs/authors/policies/data_policy.shtml "AGU Data Policy"]
	

== Goal : ==
	Ensure that research is reproducable.

=== Secondary goal: ===
	Provide attribution for the data/archives, and software or other tools, so they can justify their continued funding.


== Policy : ==
* Data used in articles should be made publicly available.
* If the data is not already available from an archive, it should be included as a supplement to the article.
* Observations should be sufficiently described to allow reviewers or other scientists to easily verify the article's claims.


== Checklist for Submitters: ==

* Have I described the data that was used in this research?
	* 	In terms of the instrument / observatory / observatory group used?
		* 	And the specific dataset that was used?  (eg, used the PI provided Level 2 data vs. the L0 data that you processed yourself)
			Note : working on recommendations for data providers to provide consistent names or identifiers to each dataset.

	*	In terms of day/time being analyzed?
	*	In terms of location being analyzed (if not 'full disk')
	*	In terms of any subsetting done of the data?
		*	If using a lower cadence than the original data
		*	If using only a specific observing mode or filter
		*	If using cutouts from the original data
		*	If using reduced resolution images
	*	In terms of where I obtained it from (from which archive, at what time)

*	Have I described the processing that I did to the data for analysis?

*	Have I acknowledged software and tools used ...
	*	to find & obtain data (HEK, VSO, EGSO, !AstroGrid, Solar Monitor, etc.)
	*	to visualize data (Helioviewer, JHelioviewer, !SolarWeather Browser, etc.)
	*	to process the data (SolarSoft, PDL, !SunPy, IRAF, etc.)
	
*	If there were models or catalogs used:
	*	Have I provided a reference to the article in which they were introduced?

*	If discussing specific events:
	*	Have I given the time and coordinate of the event(s)?
	*	Have I provided an [http://solarnews.nso.edu/2009/20090801.html#section1 identifier for the event(s)]?

*	Is the data available for others to review?
	*	Is the data available from an archive online, or have I included it for submission as a suplement to the article
	*	If I have significantly processed the data, have I included my data for submission as a suplement to the article?