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Korea Curation of Antarctic Meteorites

Korea Curation of Antarctic Meteorites (KOREAMET) is a government-funded KOPRI program for recovery, classification, storage and distribution of Antarctic meteorites collected by Korea expedition party.About 60,000 meteorite specimens have been recovered from Antarctica since the mid 1970's by the government-funded expedition parties. USA, Japan, Italy and China are continuously operating expedition parties, and Korea has operated since 2006/07 Antarctic summer season.

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Source https://koreamet.kopri.re.kr/home
Last Updated April 12, 2022, 12:23 (UTC)
Created April 6, 2022, 06:28 (UTC)
Country Korea
Data Management "The principal investigator shall establish a data management plan and manage the Data in accordance with the data management plans. Upon acquisition of data, the principal investigator shall immediately produce metadata in accordance with the requirements provided by the Data Center and register the metadata to the Data Center. The principal ivestigator shall register the raw data, the processed data and the result data to the Data Center within three months from the date of acquisition The Data Center shall manage and store the metadata, the raw data, the processed data and the result data that are registered by the principal ivestigator. The Data Center shall make and report the status of data registration, inspection and utilization. Supplementary Provision This Policy shall be effective on the date of announcement."
Data Policy "This Policy aims to establish regulations on the preservation, management, sharing and rational use of polar research data that are obtained from research activities conducted by the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) and outsourced by the KOPRI. The principal investigator shall establish a data management plan and manage the Data in accordance with the data management plans. Upon acquisition of data, the principal investigator shall immediately produce metadata in accordance with the requirements provided by the Data Center and register the metadata to the Data Center."
Data Sharing Principle "All data obtained from polar research activities shall be disclosed to be freely used for scientific purposes. The Data Center shall establish relevant system to be accessed and used by online and offline. The Data registered according to the data management plan shall not be disclosed for a certain period upon the principal investigator's request. However, the decision not to disclose requires a separate authorization. The Data Center shall open the data online and offline when the time of disclosure is coming according to data management plan, or after determining whether to disclose it or not within 14 days from the disclosure date requested by the principal investigator who is directly concerned. For efficient data search and effective data use, the Data to be disclosed shall be registered in the Antarctic Master Directory (AMD). Those who intend to use the Data shall submit an application, which includes the scope and the purpose of the Data utilization, to the Data Center, and the Data Center shall review the application and notify the result within 14 days. The Data shall be used within the extent of the scope and the purpose that are notified. In any results from the Data, the Data source shall be referred following the standard format provided by the Data Center and the result shall be reported to the Data Center (further discussion required)."
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Host Institute Korea Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites
Opening Degree Open
Organizer Korea Expedition for Antarctic Meteorites
Region Antarctic
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