This section collates general information about DataSHIELD. In particular, it provides information about the DataSHIELD community (including its governance) and about the different softwares that are involved.
The DataSHIELD Community is a voluntary association with common cause to create an infrastructure that aims to enable the federated analysis of sensitive data with active mitigation of disclosure risk.
Members of the DataSHIELD community comprise all individual stakeholders in DataSHIELD - i.e. anyone who has an interest in DataSHIELD, from data subjects (persons whose data are being used in analyses) and data custodians through to analysts, statisticians, developers, educators and many others.
Some of the DataSHIELD Community Members are also Voting members; this status confers certain additional privileges and obligations. Voting Members are those who:
Full details about the DataSHIELD community - including the organisational structure of the DataSHIELD Community and what responsibilities are associated with the different roles - are detailed in the Consitution. You can also find out more information about participating in the community - including how to get an account to edit the wiki and how to join the forum.
As well as the Consititution, the principles of the DataSHIELD Community are described in detail in the following documents: