Procurement Policy

If nothing else is not agreed:

• All data sources must be referenced
• Information on access to original data sets (URL’s) to be referenced
• New data sets not accessible through trusted and reliable distribution services shall be uploaded to the following address: [insert adress]
• Reference data sets or thematic data sets used by the expert group should be from authenticated source, open source and interoperable according to international agreed best practices – see recommendations in the Arctic SDI Guidelines for Data Providers [https://guidelines.arctic-sdi.org/]
• New data created/collected by the the expert group should be modelled, specified and prepared for distribution according to the recommendations in the Arctic SDI Guidelines for Data Providers [https://guidelines.arctic-sdi.org/] enabling distribution and interoperability according to international agreed standards