The PolyU Research Data Repository

Sharing of Research Data at PolyU Research Data Repository

Data at PolyU Research Data Repository are normally shared publicly for increasing your visibility and research impact. Users of your dataset should acknowledge you by citing the dataset with the associated DOI.  

At some instances, some data may not be permissible for open access. They could also be shared privately before its publications or with restricted access.

• Private Sharing for Peer Review Process
• Restricted Access to Published Data Files

License for Sharing

On our Repository, the default license for data sharing is CC-BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial). Materials published under the CC-BY-NC license are allowed to be distributed, remixed, adapted and built upon for non-commercial purposes, under the condition that attribution is given to the creator. 

 Credit (Attribution) must be given to the creator
 Only non-commercial uses of the work are permitted

Users may change the license of the datasets by going to the dataset page > Edit Dataset > Terms > Select other terms under Dataset Terms as appropriate > Save Changes.