Publishing Guideline

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When publishing in the context of the openETCS project authors shall adhere to the following guideline:

1. It must be ensured that the project, the funding authority and the grant number is mentioned in the paper/presentation. The following acknowledgements can be used:

   • [Germany] This work was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Grant No. 01IS12021) in the context of the ITEA2 project openETCS.
   • [Belgium/Brussels region] This work was funded by the Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Grant No. RBC/12 R 11) in the context of the ITEA2 project openETCS.
   • [Belgium/Walloon region] This work was funded by the Walloon Region (DG06) (Grant No. 6921) in the context of the ITEA2 project openETCS.
   • [France] This work was funded by the “Direction Générale de la compétitivité, de l’industrie et des services” (DGCIS) (Grant No. 112930309) in the context of the ITEA2 project openETCS.
   • to be completed Spain still missing

2. Publications potentially affecting project contributions of other partners require explicit approval. A request for approval shall be accompanied with a reasonable deadline (e.g., two weeks). Please consider a joint publication with the involved partners.

3. An entry with the details of the publication should be added to the Zotero group openETCS Publications by using the Zotero tool or the website zotero.org. A how-to regarding the use of Zotero in openETCS is provided here. A link to an official and public webpage where the publication can be obtained/purchased should be included.

4. The final document should be uploaded to GitHub to one of the following directories:

• To Dissemination-Management/ProjectPublications if legal restrictions apply for publication.
• To [Dissemination/ProjectPublications] (https://github.com/openETCS/Dissemination/tree/master/ProjectPublications) if it can be published freely under the openETCS Open License.