what some perceive as "openly available" data may not be for others. I.e., "public-use" data may not always be accessible from a "global" public, but only from a national public.
Examples:
German SOEP data are easily available with a simple agreement in the EU, but only a 90% sample is accessible outside of the EU, and only after signing somewhat complicated contracts (contracts which my university refuses to sign as-is...)
Some Chilean public-use datasets are only accessible from within Chile (the entire website is not accessible from outside the country). VPN or physical presence required.
Most (all?) Chinese public-use or "simple registration" datasets are only accessible in China, or via VPN, increasingly so.
Some French datasets (Progedo/Quetelet) are "public-use" only in France (or EU)
US government datasets are "public domain" .... but strictly speaking, only in the US. (This does not appear to ever be enforced)
I am therefore proposing the following addition to required information on access to data:
[ ] Data are available only while physically in [COUNTRY].
[ ] Data are available only with a VPN.
Alternatively, expand the existing examples (proposed by @joanllull )
what some perceive as "openly available" data may not be for others. I.e., "public-use" data may not always be accessible from a "global" public, but only from a national public.
Examples:
I am therefore proposing the following addition to required information on access to data:
Alternatively, expand the existing examples (proposed by @joanllull )