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Documents & policies

Policy documents, including our data onboarding process and takedown policy, and information about the principles, strategies and processes we follow.

LDaCA’s documents, standards and frameworks

This page brings together the documents and policies that guide how LDaCA operates, including the standards we apply to data governance and archival practice. It also contains LDaCA’s recommendations for how others can work with language data.

PRINCIPLES AND FRAMEWORKS

Indigenous data governance framework
Indigenous data governance framework

Guidance for the ethical, inclusive and effective management of Indigenous data within the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Indigenous Research Data Commons (HASS and Indigenous RDC).

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Protocols for Implementing Long-term Archival Repositories Services (PILARS)
Protocols for Implementing Long-term Archival Repositories Services (PILARS)

Sets out protocols for the design and implementation of sustainable archival repository services to achieve CAREful FAIRness.

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FAIR and CARE Principles
FAIR and CARE Principles

Principles for the sustainable and ethical management of data.

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STRATEGIES AND PROCESSES

LDaCA Collecting Strategy
LDaCA Collecting Strategy

Outlines the decision-making framework for selecting, preparing and including language data collections in the LDaCA Data Portals

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Data Onboarding Process
Data Onboarding Process

Outlines the standards and processes that support the onboarding of data collections to LDaCA.

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LDaCA Persistent ID Policy, Strategy and Process
LDaCA Persistent ID Policy, Strategy and Process

Outlines the policy, strategy and process for the use of persistent identifiers for data in the LDaCA project.

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POLICIES

Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy

Describes what information we collect about users and how we manage personal information.

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Takedown Policy
Takedown Policy

Outlines the mechanism for requesting an adjustment to the access conditions of published materials.

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Access Policy
Access Policy

Describes how we make data accessible in appropriate ways that accord with legal, moral and ethical aspects of data sharing.

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ORGANISATIONAL

LDaCA Phase 2 Project Plan
LDaCA Phase 2 Project Plan

LDaCA’s project plan for 2024 – 2028, including our aims, strategy and work plan

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2025 Year in Review
2025 Year in Review

Recaps and evaluates our work in 2025.

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