Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Responsibilities of Authorship in the Biological Sciences 
Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials [PDF ebook] 
Responsibilities of Authorship in the Life Sciences

Biologists communicate to the research community and document their scientific accomplishments by publishing in scholarly journals. This report explores the responsibilities of authors to share data, software, and materials related to their publications. In addition to describing the principles that support community standards for sharing different kinds of data and materials, the report makes recommendations for ways to facilitate sharing in the future.