The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance are a set of principles intended to guide
open data
Open data are data that are openly accessible, exploitable, editable and shareable by anyone for any purpose. Open data are generally licensed under an open license.
The goals of the open data movement are similar to those of other "open(-so ...
projects in engaging
Indigenous Peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...
rights and interests. CARE was created in 2019 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 global research community-driven organization started in 2013 by the European Commission, the US National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Australian Department o ...
.
It outlines collective rights related to open data in the context of the
and Indigenous
data sovereignty.
CARE is an acronym which stands for Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics. The CARE Principles are 'people and purpose-oriented, reflecting the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and
self-determination
Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...
', and intended as a complement to the data-oriented perspective of other standards such as
FAIR data
FAIR data is data which meets the FAIR 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 sc ...
(findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable).
The CARE principles have been embedded into the Beta version of Standardised Data on Initiatives (STARDIT).
CARE principles were the basis of a submission to the UN's Global Digital Compact.
See also
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FAIR data
FAIR data is data which meets the FAIR 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 sc ...
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First Nations principles of OCAP
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Data sovereignty
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Indigenous data governance
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