A home for intra-annual wood anatomy data

This section describes how TRIA handles personal data.

• TRIA does not track, collect, or retain any personal information, including IP addresses or cookies, from website users. Personal data collected from contributors are limited to name, email address, and affiliation information.
• Authorship information (names, affiliation, and the email address of the designated contact person) forms part of the publicly accessible metadata of published datasets.
• TRIA will take all reasonable measures to protect the privacy and security of its users' personal data. The handling of personal data complies with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG).

This section describes the policies governing metadata associated with datasets in the TRIA repository.

• Contributors must provide all metadata in English.
• Access to published metadata is open and free of charge.
• Metadata are released under a CC0 license and may be re-used in any medium for any purpose without prior permission.
• All metadata are provided "as-is". TRIA disclaims all warranties, express or implied.
• The validity, authenticity, quality, and copyright compliance of submitted metadata are the sole responsibility of the contributor.

This section describes the policies governing all content items in the TRIA repository, including data and supporting materials.

• The purpose of the TRIA platform is to host quantitative wood anatomy data generated by ROXAS or ROXAS AI.
  • All TRIA datasets comprise dated dendrochronological measurements and accompanying structured metadata on provenance and authorship.
  • Measurements data and metadata must comply with the TRIA database schema.
  • TRIA datasets may also contain supporting materials and supplemental files, such as images, raw measurements, and documentation, that improve the understanding and reuse of the datasets.
  • Contributors are encouraged to submit supporting materials alongside their datasets. However, the TRIA administrators reserve the right to exclude any supplementary files based on factors such as relevance, data quality, formats and size.
• TRIA does not peer-review submitted datasets and takes no responsibility for their scientific validity, accuracy, or interpretability. This responsibility lies solely with the contributors.
• Acquiring the permission of all data owners (e.g. co-authors, research groups, organizations, or funding institutions) and ensuring copyright compliance of all submitted content is the sole responsibility of the contributor.
• Submission of personal or sensitive data is prohibited unless explicit consent and ethical approval are documented.
• All datasets contributed to TRIA are intended to be openly accessible and usable, subject to the terms of the specified license. However, contributors may designate an embargo period during which access to their dataset is restricted.
• Contributors must choose a license governing the terms of use of their dataset during the submission process. The recommended options are:
  • CC0, by which the contributor waives all copyright and dedicates the dataset to the public domain.
  • Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 and other CC licenses (CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND). These permit reuse, redistribution, and (except for ND) adaptation, provided attribution is given to the creator, under different combinations of share-alike, non-commercial, and no-derivatives conditions.
  • Contributors wishing to use a non-standard license beyond the CC scope can contact the TRIA administrators with their request and must provide the full license text with their submission.
  • TRIA takes no responsibility for licensing decisions made by contributors.
• Contributors may specify an embargo period for their dataset. While embargoed, only dataset metadata (including information on sampling sites and sampled trees) are publicly accessible, ensuring the dataset remains findable and allowing researchers to assess the scope of its contents. Access to sampling-level information, all measurements data, and any supplementary files is restricted to TRIA administrators. Researchers wishing to access embargoed data must contact the contributor directly.
• Users must respect the license terms of each dataset in any derivative works or publications. A recommended citation format is provided on each dataset's page. Attribution is encouraged for all datasets, even those released under CC0.

This section describes the policies governing the submission of datasets to the TRIA repository.

• Contributors may only submit metadata and content items for which they have the necessary permissions and rights for distribution and publication.
• Data must be prepared and validated using the rxs2tria R package prior to submission. As TRIA expands to support additional data types, corresponding extensions to the package will be made available.
• All submitted datasets are subject to a technical validation process by the TRIA administrators, including checks on format, consistency, and mandatory metadata fields, as well as relevance to the scope of TRIA. The TRIA administrators may request clarifications or improvements before a dataset is formally integrated into the repository, and reserve the right to reject a submission at their discretion. Contributors will be informed of the reasons for rejection.
• The validity, authenticity and quality of all submitted content are the sole responsibility of the contributor.
• Contributors must specify a license to govern the terms of use of their dataset, and may specify an embargo period during which data access remains restricted. Contributors are solely responsible for ensuring that their chosen license and embargo duration comply with the policies of their institutions, publishers, and funding agencies.
• Contributors are required to disclose any funding sources that provided financial support for the research resulting in the submitted dataset.
• Publicly available datasets (i.e. those without an embargo period, or once an embargo period has expired) will be assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
• Any copyright violations related to submitted metadata or content are the responsibility of the contributor. If TRIA receives proof of a copyright violation, the relevant dataset will be removed immediately and the contributor informed. Copyright violations can be reported to tria@wsl.ch .

This section describes the policies governing the long-term retention, accessibility, and integrity of metadata and content items in the TRIA repository.

• Metadata and content items will be retained for the entire duration of TRIA's existence.
• In the event of TRIA shutting down, best efforts will be made to migrate all metadata and content items into a suitable alternative repository (such as EnviDat ).
• TRIA maintains regular backups of all metadata and content items in accordance with WSL's IT department best practices.
• Metadata and content items may be withdrawn at the request of the contributor or at the initiative of the TRIA administrators. Possible reasons for withdrawal include, but are not limited to:
  • violations of WSL research integrity guidelines,
  • proven copyright violation or plagiarism,
  • legal requirements,
  • publisher mandates.
• Withdrawal requests should be submitted to tria@wsl.ch with a stated reason. The TRIA administrators will review the request and inform the contributor of the decision within 30 days.
• Withdrawal does not mean erasure. Specifically:
  • Permanent identifiers (DOIs) and their associated URLs are retained for the entire duration of TRIA's existence.
  • DOI URLs will continue to point to tombstone records with a description explaining the reasons for withdrawal, to avoid broken links in scientific citations.
  • Content items are restricted and no longer publicly accessible, but are not deleted.
  • TRIA accepts no responsibility for copies of withdrawn data already downloaded prior to withdrawal.
• Contributors or users wishing to appeal a withdrawal or rejection decision may contact tria@wsl.ch . Appeals will be reviewed by the TRIA administrators and a response provided within 30 days.
• To ensure data integrity and reproducibility, TRIA discourages extensive changes or revisions to published datasets, particularly those assigned a DOI. In justified cases, updates or corrections may be requested by contacting tria@wsl.ch . Any such changes will be reviewed by the TRIA administrators before implementation. Updates to embargoed datasets are subject to less strict requirements and may be submitted at any time following the same guidelines as the initial submission.
• Additions to published datasets, such as data from additional samples, reanalyzed measurements, or supplementary files, may be submitted at any time. Depending on the nature and extent of the additions, the TRIA administrators will decide in consultation with the contributor whether the new data should be integrated into the existing dataset or published as a separate submission. In either case, the relationship between the original and new dataset must be clearly documented.