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...ence and technology activities are identified, disseminated, and preserved.DOE Order 241.1C, Scientific and Technical Information Management, provides the framewo...
...mn leftrow 2 column rightlatest sti news and resourcessti newssti resourcesdoe order 241.1c "scientific and technical information management"on october 28, 2024, ...
...requirements, and key clarifications that have been established by the revised order. view[[token-dom:1000 nid:1861323951 img-offset=18 grid-size=0]]search 3+ mil...
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...ence and technology activities are identified, disseminated, and preserved.DOE Order 241.1C, Scientific and Technical Information Management, provides the framewo...
...mn leftrow 2 column rightlatest sti news and resourcessti newssti resourcesdoe order 241.1c "scientific and technical information management"on october 28, 2024, ...
...requirements, and key clarifications that have been established by the revised order. view[[token-dom:1000 nid:1861323951 img-offset=18 grid-size=0]]search 3+ mil...
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...The metadata record defines a set of metadata, including both required and optional fields, for use...
...l information (sti) products for announcement and availability. a metadata record includes review and release information, enabling announcement and searchable o...
...ore about how osti collects and preserves stilab submissionsuniversities and awardeesprogram office submissionsdoe code - unlimited and limited softwareclassified...
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...l scientific and technical software is required to be submitted to DOE CODE in order to ensure proper handling, announcement, and dissemination in accordance with...
...er to ensure proper handling, announcement, and dissemination in accordance with doe statutory responsibilities.in addition to osti's charge for scient...
...omprehensive inventory of doe-funded custom-developed business software. in accordance with office of management and budget memorandum m-16-21, federal source cod...
...lassified information, including personally identifiable information (pii), according to approved local procedures, prior to announcing and/or submitting software...
...evelopersrelease datesource code upload**sponsoring organization nameprimary award numberresearch organization namecontact information...
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...Submitting metadata records for scientific data through E-Link provides the metadata needed to identify sc...
... an open repository. the url (and doi, if assigned by a repository prior to record submission) must be included in the metadata record. the url must take the user...
... submission) must be included in the metadata record. the url must take the user to a public facing webpage (landing page) which pro...
...doe data id service, to assign digital object identifiers (dois) to dataset records and register them with datacite (for those that do not already have an assigne...
...e between doe's published research results and the underlying data.metadata records may be provided in two ways:web submission interface. this is a manual entry m...
...y mechanism which works best when there is a low volume of dataset metadata records to be announced.application programming interface (api). the api provides a sy...
...stematic, automated mechanism for announcement of multiple dataset metadata records. the api provides a systematic, automated mechanism for announcement of multip...
...stematic, automated mechanism for announcement of multiple dataset metadata records.important: if you are regularly affiliated with a doe lab, and have dataset me...
...: if you are regularly affiliated with a doe lab, and have dataset metadata records you wish to submit, please contact your site’s sti manager for appropriate gui...
.../description (only required for financial assistance recipients)doe contract/award number(s)originating research organizationsponsoring doe program officeissue da...
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...d or announced to the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information in accordance with established DOE Orders.Open Source, No Publicly Available Repository -...
...ance with established doe orders.open source, no publicly available repository - code is open source, but is ...
...d users can contact the developer(s) or responsible parties for information regarding access and reuse. a landing page url is required for submitting open source,...
....com/doecode. you may also submit a tagged release of code as an individual record by providing the url specific to that release in github. as an example, the tag...
...e landing page of the software. the landing page should provide information regarding how to access the source code, point of contact, and licensing information. ...
...ext should be spell checked, limited to 2000 characters, and follow input standards for special characters. do not include sensitive information in the descriptio...
...risk audit; and 3) any currently applicable operational problem or solution regarding the security of any element of the critical infrastructure of the united sta...
...fficial use only information. cg-ss-4, classification and ucni guide for safeguards and security information, dated 9/12/00, and other classification guides provi...
...for protectiondocumentation url - a unique url which leads to documentation regarding the software.keywords - a list of words or phrases that describe the softwar...
...ing the software.keywords - a list of words or phrases that describe the software. keywords aid in the o...
...s - a list of words or phrases that describe the software. keywords aid in the online search and d...
...s or phrases that describe the software. keywords aid in the online search and discovery of information about the software. more...
...line search and discovery of information about the software. more than one keyword may be entered. separate terms with a semicolon.other special requirements - in...
...d. separate terms with a semicolon.other special requirements - information regarding hardware or software requirements.site accession number - the accession or o...
...ing hardware or software requirements.site accession number - the accession or other ide...
...bers assigned by the submitting site, university, or repository's database, records, etc..doe organization - check this box if the sponsoring organization you are...
...tions. other sponsoring organization names will be freeform.primary contract/award number - doe award/contract number that is largely responsible for funding the ...
... number - doe award/contract number that is largely responsible for funding the project. at least o...
...ttal of business software and announcing of scientific software. the primary award/contract format should be either (1) two alphabetic characters and seven digits...
...mat should be either (1) two alphabetic characters and seven digits (for doe awards granted since 2007), or (2) two alphabetic characters, two numeric characters,...
...ash, two-digit year, two alphabetic characters, and a five digit number (for awards granted prior to 2007). examples: sc0001234; ee0005432; nt0009876; or fg02-03e...
...g02-03er83715; fg52-06na27489; fc07-99id55444; and ac02-96ch12345.additional awards - other award/contract numbers that represent funding contributed to the proje...
...s - other award/contract numbers that represent funding contributed to the project, including o...
...mbers that represent funding contributed to the project, including other doe awards or awards from other government agencies, foundations, etc.b&r codes - a budge...
...s or awards from other government agencies, foundations, etc.b&r codes - a budget and repo...
...number given to a proposal from a doe laboratory by the department of energy.awardsan award digital object identifier (doi) is assigned to awards, contracts, equi...
...san award digital object identifier (doi) is assigned to awards, contracts, equipment, fa...
... digital object identifier (doi) is assigned to awards, contracts, equipment, facilities, grants, prizes, salary awards, time awarded...
...s, contracts, equipment, facilities, grants, prizes, salary awards, time awarded, and training grants. if the software/code was produced under mu...
...s, time awarded, and training grants. if the software/code was produced under multiple awards...
...ed, and training grants. if the software/code was produced under multiple awards given by multiple organizations, multiple award dois may be entered.note: awar...
...s given by multiple organizations, multiple award dois may be entered.note: award dois are different than dois assigned to the so...
... dois may be entered.note: award dois are different than dois assigned to the software/code being submitted to d...
...assigned to the software/code being submitted to doe code and contract/grant/award numbers. do not enter these here. review the award doi service faqs for additio...
... numbers. do not enter these here. review the award doi service faqs for additional information about award dois.award doi - the aw...
... doi service faqs for additional information about award dois.award doi - the award digital object identifier (doi) under which the work...
... dois.award doi - the award digital object identifier (doi) under which the work or time wa...
... doi - the award digital object identifier (doi) under which the work or time was provided. dois...
...rovided. dois follow the format: 10.xxxx/xxxxx.funder name - the name of the awarding/funding organization....
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...ies are required to announce the software with the appropriate announcement record to DOE CODE, if the software meets the following criteria:operational systems s...
...ia:operational systems software that is site-specific, unique to a particular hardware, or necessary to ensure the fundamental operability of automated data proce...
...data processing equipment, whether supplied by the manufacturer of the system hardware or others;computer software programs developed and/or modified during work ...
...table. scientific and technical software will be disseminated by the sites, according to the applicable distribution limitation.access limitationdefinitionadditio...
...risk audit; and 3) any currently applicable operational problem or solution regarding the security of any element of the critical infrastructure of the united sta...
...fficial use only information. cg-ss-4, classification and ucni guide for safeguards and security information, dated 9/12/00, and other classification guides provi...
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...The metadata record provides OSTI with information required to appropriately identify, process, and...
...itting classified and ucni sti to osti. the online version of the metadata record form and detailed help are available to authorized users of the classified e-li...
...thorized users of the classified e-link product on esn.for more information regarding classified and ucni sti submissions, contact your classified stip site liais...
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...Fillable Form for Metadata RecordInstructions for Metadata RecordMetadata record provides the Office of Scientifi...
...instructions for metadata recordmetadata record provides the office of scientific and technical information (ost...
...metadata record provides the office of scientific and technical information (osti) with informa...
...nt of energy (doe) or performed in doe facilities.when to use this metadata record:submit this metadata record with each scientific and technical information (sti...
...:submit this metadata record with each scientific and technical information (sti) product. electronic submis...
.... electronic submission is the preferred method for submitting the metadata record and sti product. when submitting electronically, use the electronic version of ...
... when submitting electronically, use the electronic version of the metadata record and submit via esn. when submitting in paper, input should be typed or printed,...
...yped or printed, not handwritten.data fields and information about metadata recordwhen submitting in paper, the completed metadata record for classified documents...
...when submitting in paper, the completed metadata record for classified documents must be reviewed by a derivative classifier and marked...
... laboratories, and other doe facilities should complete the entire metadata record. submit it as a package with the sti product to osti for processing in accordan...
.... submit it as a package with the sti product to osti for processing in accordance with the requirements of doe order 241.1c, scientific and technical informa...
...ance with the requirements of doe order 241.1c, scientific and technical information management. reporting that may b...
...ing as appropriate:classified submissions must be packaged and receipted in accordance with doe directives, and osti's classified address verified through ssims, ...
...rectives, and osti's classified address verified through ssims, as required.record status (required) - the record status identifies the metadata record or the sti...
... status (required) - the record status identifies the metadata record or the sti product as new or revised. if...
... status identifies the metadata record or the sti product as new or revised. if the record status is not provided, th...
... or the sti product as new or revised. if the record status is not provided, the record is considered "new."sti product type (requir...
... status is not provided, the record is considered "new."sti product type (required) - select one of the following p...
...ts co- located with each other that can be represented by a common metadata record.computer-related - includes software packages.sti product title (required) - pr...
...ess reports, include the period covered. classification level and category (if rd or frd), and any caveats and/or special markings, if applicable, shall be indic...
... or frd), and any caveats and/or special markings, if applicable, shall be indicated.au...
...should be separated by semicolons. if an author's name is not identified, the word "none" should be entered.author(s) e-mail address(es) - provide the e-mail addr...
... for each author. multiples may be provided; they should be listed in the same order as the authors (part 1.c.) and should be separated by a semicolon and a space...
...hat every product published by the originating organization be assigned a standard product/report number that contains some unique identifier that can be traced t...
...than one program office, indicate all sources of the doe funding in descending order of dollar amount of funding appropriated. separate multiple program offices ...
...ore categories from the enterprise subject category authority. select them in order of relevance to the intellectual content of the sti product. (see subject ca...
... intellectual content of the sti product. (see subject category authority)keywords - these are terms or phrases identifying major concepts in the sti product. u...
...use of the database thesaurus as an authority is preferred. more than one keyword may be entered; separate multiple keywords with a semicolon and a space. to fil...
... may be entered; separate multiple keywords with a semicolon and a space. to fill this field, you can cut and paste from a...
...h a semicolon and a space. to fill this field, you can cut and paste from any word processing file.description/abstract - provide a clear, concise english languag...
...ore than 5,000 characters. to fill this field, you can cut and paste from any word processing file. copying or pasting text from any word processing file should ...
... processing file. copying or pasting text from any word processing file should be of the utf8 character set. if your text includes any...
...? - if the sti product is accountable, indicate with a "yes", and handle in accordance with procedures specified in the current version of doe o 471.6, informatio...
...ponsible for the appropriate review and release of the sti product. do not forward this metadata record or the sti product until after it has been reviewed and re...
... this metadata record or the sti product until after it has been reviewed and released for announceme...
...with corresponding contact information who will be included in the metadata record as the point of contact and will respond to external questions about the conten...
...ond to external questions about the content of the sti product.c-68 safeguards and security...
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...Submitting metadata records for scientific data through E-Link provides the metadata needed to identify sc...
... an open repository. the url (and doi, if assigned by a repository prior to record submission) must be included in the metadata record. the url must take the user...
... submission) must be included in the metadata record. the url must take the user to a public facing webpage (landing page) which pro...
...doe data id service, to assign digital object identifiers (dois) to dataset records and register them with datacite (for those that do not already have an assigne...
...e between doe's published research results and the underlying data.metadata records may be provided in two ways:web submission interface. this is a manual entry m...
...y mechanism which works best when there is a low volume of dataset metadata records to be announced.application programming interface (api). the api provides a sy...
...stematic, automated mechanism for announcement of multiple dataset metadata records. the api provides a systematic, automated mechanism for announcement of multip...
...stematic, automated mechanism for announcement of multiple dataset metadata records.important: if you are regularly affiliated with a doe lab, and have dataset me...
...: if you are regularly affiliated with a doe lab, and have dataset metadata records you wish to submit, please contact your site’s sti manager for appropriate gui...
.../description (only required for financial assistance recipients)doe contract/award number(s)originating research organizationsponsoring doe program officeissue da...
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...ng classified or controlled unclassified information (CUI) should be marked according to their respective guidance and directives. The links listed here provide r...
...rnment-wide policy (LRGWP) requires or permits an agency to handle using safeguarding or dissemination controls. Other types of information have restrictions on t...
...strictions on their handling such as certain copyrighted material. however, regardless of the control marking, all sti is to be submitted to osti through appropri...
...ll sti is to be submitted to osti through appropriate applications.the doe cui order (doe o 471.7, controlled unclassified information) was released in february 2...
...tion) was released in february 2022 and cancels/supersedes ouo directives: doe order (o) 471.3 chg. 1, identifying and protecting official use only information an...
... in the distribution/access limitation section on the accompanying metadata record in e-link. see also marking requirements for additional information.banner mark...
...ified.these are separated from the cui control marking, "cui", by a double forward slash (//).cui specified category acronyms are preceded by sp and a dash "sp-"w...
...ltiple cui categories, they must be alphabetized and separated by a single forward slash (/). cui specified categories should be listed first, followed by any cui...
...i basic categories.limited dissemination controls are preceded by a double forward slash (//) to separate them from the rest of the cui banner marking.the list of...
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...Sites should submit final CRADA reports to DOE's central coordinating organization for STI, OSTI, by utilizing the corporate E-Link system.Ens...
... controlled information, etc.) by following their established procedures and coordinating with site pocs as necessary before releasing, andupon determination that...
...re updating (i.e., removal or strike through) prior to public dissemination.in order for a protected crada report to be made publicly available, sites have the re...
...itation indicated for the individual report.sites are encouraged to use a standard report numbering system for consistency and uniquely identify reports resulting...
....once submitted through e-link, information submitted to osti is managed in accordance with the access limitation applied to it by the submitting organization, a ...
...ion.in the case of crada reports, users with an approved src username and password may search on the metadata/citation information but are not able to automatical...
...port and any requests for reports containing protected crada information are coordinated on a case-by-case basis with the submitting site for approval of the requ...
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...nical data as defined in and controlled by U.S. export control statutes. In accordance with DOE Acquisition Guide - Chapter 3.3, ECI must be clearly identified to...
...unauthorized release to foreign countries, organizations, or individuals.in accordance with public law 102-381, title ii, 106 stat. 1405, products containing prot...
...h information.these sbir/sttr data are furnished with sbir/sttr rights under award no. ________ (and subaward ________, if appropriate). unless the government obt...
... no. ________ (and subaward ________, if appropriate). unless the government obtains permission from the re...
... receipt of the sbir/sttr data and ending after 4 years, unless extended in accordance with 48 cfr 27.409(h), from the delivery of the last technical deliverable ...
...fr 27.409(h), from the delivery of the last technical deliverable under this award. in order for sbir/sttr data to be extended by an sbir/sttr phase iii award, th...
.... in order for sbir/sttr data to be extended by an sbir/sttr phase iii award, the recipi...
...er for sbir/sttr data to be extended by an sbir/sttr phase iii award, the recipient must properly notify doe's office of scientific and technical in...
... prohibitions and assumes no liability for unauthorized use of these data by third parties. this notice shall be affixed to any reproductions of these data, in wh...
... data, in whole or in part.funding agreement no. ________ (e.g. de-sc000nnnn)award date ________ (block 27 on the assistance agreement)sbir/sttr protection period...
...7 on the assistance agreement)sbir/sttr protection period: twenty years from award datesbir/sttr awardee ________this report contains sbir/sttr data to which the ...
... datesbir/sttr awardee ________this report contains sbir/sttr data to which the federal government h...
...tware rights during the sbir/sttr protection period and unlimited rights afterwards, as defined in the funding agreement. any reproductions of sbir/sttr data must...
... of naval nuclear-powered ships and prototypes, including the associated shipboard and shore-based nuclear support facilities. unclassified naval nuclear propulsi...
...tivity not engaged in work for the naval reactors program. it is handled in accordance with chief of naval operations instruction n9210.3, safeguarding of naval n...
...ance with chief of naval operations instruction n9210.3, safeguarding of naval nuclear propulsion information, and is protected by export control ...
... act of 1954, as amended. ucni is identified and controlled as directed in doe order 471.1b, identification and protection of unclassified controlled nuclear info...
...assified controlled nuclear information. for marking requirements refer to doe order 471.1b,and 10 cfr 1017.16 and 1017.17....
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...s with the intention that their contributions be merged into inseparable or interdependent parts of a unitary whole. When the U.S. Government is joint author with...
...he work.research, development, demonstration, and other scientific/technical awards should generally require periodic progress reports, special status reports, an...
... all research, development, or demonstration, and other scientific/technical awards relative to protecting government-funded data, resulting in either unlimited r...
...ther unlimited rights or broad government license in data delivered to doe. in order to promote more uniformity in financial assistance patent and data rights req...
... requirements, doe/hq general counsel and field patent counsels developed standard sets of intellectual property provisions for the various types of financial ass...
...tellectual property provisions for the various types of financial assistance awards.most contractors have standard procedures that their researchers are not to in...
...s.most contractors have standard procedures that their researchers are not to include third-party copyrighted ma...
... procedures that their researchers are not to include third-party copyrighted material within their sti products. if such material (e.g., a...
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