Data Rights (V.Domingo)

V.Domingo presented the new SOHO Data Access Policy which should be acceptable to all parties involved. This policy is now included in the new issue of the SOP. It reads:

The intent of the SOHO data access policy is to provide data to as wide a community as possible and as soon as possible. From the beginning of the operational mission, the scientific community is welcomed and encouraged to participate in the analysis of the SOHO data in collaboration with the PI teams. The goal is to make fully callibrated data available for public use through ESA and NASA archives one year after reception by the PIs.

• For each PI team the data distribution, data rights and publication policy is defined in their Science Book.
• All the PIs have the right to access the data of the other SOHO experimenters for planning purposes in the terms defined in section 3.4.2.1.
• For this purpose, each PI will make the data available according to a mutually agreed schedule.
• The SWT will establish rules to be applied to data obtained during agreed observation campaigns.
• Exchange of data acquired during internally coordinated SOHO observations will be regulated by the cooperating teams themselves.