EGMP Database Policy

This policy states the conditions for access and use of the data available on the EGMP Database.

Contribution of Data:

Data providers may be the originators of the data/information, for example, persons responsible for the scientific work that produce the data/information; or an intermediary such as the data providers’ associated institute(s), the agency that commissioned or funded the work, or even the group responsible for preparing the data for submission to the EGMP Centre.
Data and information are provided to the EGMP Data Centre from many data sources. They are of variable quality and can be obtained using a variety of methodologies. Three types of data are distinguished:
1. Detail data are individual measurements or observations in raw format.
2. Aggregate data are summarized or processed detail data.
3. Metadata are data about data. That is, they provide information about detail or aggregate data sets, eg. methodologies.
In order to maximize the usability of data and thereby their value, data providers must supply metadata.
All data provided to the EGMP Data Centre are considered to be publicly available unless otherwise explicitly specified and agreed.
The quality assurance of data is the responsibility of the data provider.
The data provider must be authorized to provide the data.
Data providers are requested to inform the EGMP Data Centre of any national policies that may place special conditions on the redistribution of data.
Data contributions should be made as soon as possible after the data collection event.

Use of data:

Correct and appropriate data interpretation is solely the responsibility of data user of the EGMP Database.
Results, conclusions, and/or recommendations derived from the data do not imply endorsement from the EGMP Data Centre.
Data users are requested to inform the EGMP Data Centre of any suspected problems in the data.
Data users are encouraged to inform the EGMP Data Centre of possible sources of relevant information.
Data sources must be acknowledged, preferably using a formal citation.

Data Quality:

The EGMP Data Centre may be informed of potentially errors in the data. The EGMP Data Centre will ensure that data providers are informed of quality issues.
The EGMP Data Centre will never change the original data record from a data provider, but may undertake conversions or transformations of that data to allow its inclusion in the EGMP Database.
Although the EGMP Data Centre may perform some data quality control, the data provider always retains complete responsibility for data quality.
Data users are responsible for proper use of the data, including regard to data quality.

Citation: Data providers provide information on how the data and information shall be acknowledged by the EGMP Data Centre (on the website and in publications), preferably using a formal citation. If no acknowledgment is given, an example of citation is given below.

Citation of data with no specific acknowledgement of data provider (example):
"EGMP Database (link) Extraction 3 JUNE 2021 of NW/SW European population of Greylag Goose – Age ratio. EGMP Data Centre, Aarhus University"

Citation of data with acknowledgement of data provider (example):
"EGMP Database (link) Extractions 3 JUNE 2021 of Svalbard population of Pink-footed Goose - Hunting bag data from Norway via Statistics Norway (www.ssb.no). EGMP Data Centre, Aarhus University"

Contact info: EGMP Data Centre, Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Grenåvej 14, DK-8410 Rønde, Denmark, Email: egmp@ecos.au.dk

Revised 08.04.2026

Else Vihlborg Staalsen