Are participants (interviewees, co-designers, focus group members) seen as data creators?

Data creators do not include people being interviewed or focus group members. If participants such as community or indigenous persons are co-designers in the project or have another active data role, they can be added as Collaborators. Participating researchers from external organisations are also added as Collaborators in Research Data JCU.

Collaborators are not automatically work flowed in the Data Publication from the Data Record (i.e. work flows are currently only linked to the role of Lead Investigator, Data Creator and Data Manager). However, researchers control who appears in the citations and can include information about participation in their descriptions. This may be particularly appropriate for indigenous communities, co-designers and participants.