The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of its Recommended Practice, RP-31-2021, Reproducibility Badging and Definitions. Developed by the NISO Taxonomy, Definitions, and Recognition Badging Scheme Working Group, the new Recommended Practice provides a set of recognition standards that can be deployed across scholarly publishing outputs to easily recognise and reward the sharing of data and methods.
Validating research by sharing the data and methods used enables the reproducibility of results, something that funding agencies and publishers alike are increasingly encouraging, supporting, and even requiring. Until now, organisations have taken an ad hoc approach to recognition and reward schemes and their related taxonomies. The new Recommended Practice addresses the need for a standardised approach, using common recognition practices, vocabulary, and iconography to recognise and reward the sharing of data and methods in a consistent way across different disciplines and organisations.
The NISO Reproducibility Badging and Definitions Recommended Practice is available via the working group’s web page at https://niso.org/standards-committees/reproducibility-badging.
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