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Related works

For every related work you list on your SDR deposit, you'll need to indicate how this work and your deposit are related.

Including this relationship helps build human- and machine-readable connections between research outputs and provides additional context for end users about scholarly materials.

Providing relationship descriptions for related works helps to build a story around the work you're depositing. End users of your works will have a more complete understanding of your research activities and their impacts, the publications and software connected to your datasets, other datasets that are part of your work or that are derived from your work, and more. It will help them piece together a richer narrative of your research and how it fits in more broadly with other research and researchers in your field.

Definitions for relationship options

My deposit is a supplement to this related work.

Use this term when the work you are depositing is supplementary material for the related work. However, if the deposited supplementary material is referenced or cited by the related work, use "It's referenced or cited by."

My deposit is supplemented by this related work.

Use this term when the related work is supplementary material associated with the work you are depositing. For example, you may consider a software used to analyze the data as supplementary material.

My deposit is referenced or cited by this related work.

Use this term when the deposited work is included as a citation in or is used as a source of information for the related work. For example, when the related work cites previous work or methodologies described in the deposited work.

My deposit references or cites this related work.

Use this term when the related work is included as a citation in or is used as a source of information for the deposited work. For example, when the deposited work cites previous work or methodologies described in the related work.

My deposit is derived from this related work.

Use this term when the deposited work is a derivative of the related work. For example, when the deposited work is aggregated data summarizing survey data in the related resource, or when the deposited work was produced by analyzing the related resource.

My deposit is the source of this related work.

Use this term when the related work is a derivative of the deposited work. For example, the deposited work is the original source, while the related work was produced by analyzing the deposited work.

The version of record / publisher's version of my deposit is this related work.

Use this when the related work is the version of record for a journal article that you are depositing in the SDR. Your publisher may require that you include the link to this work and indicate that it is the version of record.

My deposit is identical to this related work.

Use this term when the deposited work and the related work are identical. For example, if two copies of the same work are saved in different institutional repositories.

My deposit has specific versions or instances, one of which is this related work.

Use this term when the related work is a specific version (instance) of the deposited work. Among other things, this can be used to relate a deposited unversioned code repository to a specific software version that is the related work.

My deposit is a specific version or instance of this related work. 

Use this term when the deposited work is a specific version (instance) of the related work. Among other things, this can be used to relate a specific software version deposited here to a software code repository that is the related work.

My deposit succeeds or is a continuation of this related work.

Use this term when the related work and the deposited work are part of a series, with the related work coming before the deposited work. For example, the related work is the previous dataset in a chronological series of datasets, such as annual survey data.

My deposit precedes or is continued by this related work.

Use this term when the related work and the deposited work are part of a series, with the deposited work coming before the related work. For example, the related resource is next in a chronological series of datasets, such as annual survey data.

My deposit is one part of this related work.

Use this term when the deposited work is a portion of the related work or published as part of the related work. For example, when the deposited work is a chapter of a book represented by the related work, or when the deposited work is a dataset that is part of a larger series represented by the related work.

My deposit consists of parts, one of which is this related work.

Use this term when the related work is a portion of the deposited work or published as part of the deposited work. For example, when the related work is a chapter of a book represented by the deposited work, or when the related work is a portion of a larger dataset represented by the deposited work.

My deposit is described by this related work.

Use this term when the related work describes the deposited work. One example is a blog post or a news article that talks about the work deposited. For structured metadata, use "My deposit has additional metadata found in this related work."

My deposit describes this related work.

Use this term when the deposited work describes the related work. One example is if the deposited work is an analysis or review of another published work. If the deposited work is structured metadata, use "My deposit is the metadata for this related work."

My deposit has additional metadata found in this related work.

Use this term when the related work has additional metadata describing the deposited work. For example, if the related work includes additional information about how, when, or by whom the content in the deposited work was created or about its data structures.

My deposit is the metadata for this related work.

Use this term when the deposited work is the metadata that describes the related work. One example of this may be if the deposited work includes additional information about how, when, or by whom the content in the related work was created or about its data structures.

My deposit is documented by this related work.

Use this term when the related work is or includes documentation about the deposited work. This term may be used when the related work is software documentation, among other things.

My deposit documents this related work.

Use this term when the deposited work is or includes documentation about the related work. This term may be used when the deposited work is software documenation, among other things.

My deposit is a variant form of this related work.

Use this term when the deposit is a different form of the related work. This may be used for different software operating systems or compiler formats, for example, when the deposited work is one of the variant forms of the system or compiler.

My deposit is the original form of this related work.

Use this term when the deposit is the original form of something with multiple variant forms, one of which is the related work. This may be used for different software operating sytems or compiler formats, for example, when the deposited work is the original form of the system or compiler.