The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance were created to advance the legal principles underlying collective and individual data rights in the context of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). CARE was created by the International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Interest Group, a group that is a part of the
Research Data Alliance
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is a research community organization started in 2013 by the European Commission, the American National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Australian Department of Innova ...
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CARE is an acronym which stands for Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics.
While CARE can be considered part of the open data movement, it aims to build on other standards such as
FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) by considering power differentials and historical contexts. The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are 'people and purpose-oriented, reflecting the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and self-determination'.
The CARE principles have been embedded into the Beta version of Standardised Data on Initiatives (STARDIT).
See also
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FAIR data
FAIR data are data which meet principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR). The acronym and principles were defined in a March 2016 paper in the journal '' Scientific Data'' by a consortium of scientists ...
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Data sovereignty
Data sovereignty is the idea that data are subject to the laws and governance structures of the nation where they are collected. The concept of data sovereignty is closely linked with data security, cloud computing, network sovereignty and technol ...
References
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External links
CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance(including links to PDFs of full description and short summaries)
Data management
Indigenous rights
Canadian federal legislation
Indigenous politics in Canada
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada