The following paper contains interesting ideas about how credit may be passed back to the creators of datasets of which the current dataset is a derivation:
Katz, Daniel S. “Transitive Credit as a Means to Address Social and Technological Concerns Stemming from Citation and Attribution of Digital Products.” Journal of Open Research Software 2, no. 1 (2014): e20. http://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/article/view/jors.be
(From Paolo Missier's comment at alex-ball/HowTo-DataImpact#2)
The following paper contains interesting ideas about how credit may be passed back to the creators of datasets of which the current dataset is a derivation:
(From Paolo Missier's comment at alex-ball/HowTo-DataImpact#2)