Who Manages this Framework?

This framework is maintained by the Atlas of Living Australia in consultation with the national community of practice, the Australian Biodiversity Information Governance Group (AusBIGG), which includes representatives from the jurisdictions around Australia as well as the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, the Atlas of Living Australia, the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, and the Council of Heads of Australian Fauna Collections.

The framework will be reviewed after 12 months and then updated every three years following consultation processes.

A high-level view of how this framework interacts with data custodians and users is shown in Figure 1.

Restricted Access Species Data Governance flowchart, indicating the RASD Framework defines the processes, governance and standards for data custidians, and by extension, data requestors — Figure 1: Restricted Access Species Data Governance

Organisations and individuals interested in commenting on the framework may address their comments to the Secretariat for the National Framework for the Sharing of Restricted Access Species Data in Australia:

c/- Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)
GPO Box 1700
CSIRO Black Mountain
Canberra, ACT, 2601