[LTER-im] Address info in metadata?

[Matt Jones]

We've never had any complaints at NCEAS or via DataONE.  I think this is
because, in general, people don't include their personal information in EML
records.  Instead, they include their business information, such as their
departmental name, email, address, and phone.  This information is
generally publicly accessible already through most university web sites
(including, for example, UVA's listing for John Porter
<http://www.virginia.edu/search/site/john%20porter>). Libraries are
(rightfully) concerned with releasing personal information (such as
people's home addresses), for both contributors and patrons. The whole
point of an EML record is to expose professional information for both
credit and future contacts, and personally I don't see an issue.  Plus, EML
authors are in full control of what information they submit, and are able
to exclude anything they deem to be sensitive information.

Regards,
Matt

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:40 PM, John Porter <jhp7e at eservices.virginia.edu>
wrote:

> In preparation for a seminar, I was looking at the local UVA library
> data archive (which uses Harvard's "Dataverse" software).  I was struck
> by their strong emphasis on not sharing personally identifiable
> information, which by their standards included full names, phone
> numbers, email addresses etc.. (see
> http://www.library.virginia.edu/libra/datasets/public-dataset-license/
> for the full info) - many of which are included in the "Party" elements
> of EML.
>
> The metadata display on PASTA only gives names and possibly a link to
> email, but the full addresses, phone numbers etc. seem often to be
> included in the underlying EML that I have browsed for several sites.....
>
> I'm curious if anyone has had concerns expressed by researchers or
> institutions regarding what we should, or should not, put in our
> metadata......
>
> Thanks!
>
>   -John Porter
>
> --
> John H. Porter
> Dept. of Environmental Sciences
> University of Virginia
> 291 McCormick Road
> PO Box 400123
> Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123
> ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-5784
>
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