{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp04_retrieval_first_paired20_20260802","cell_id":"deadweight_loss_reduction__astronomy_astrophysics","hypothesis_id":"H4","search_queries":["astronomy archive proprietary period early public release upon publication data policy","telescope data embargo milestone triggered release proprietary period publication","astronomy observatory proprietary data PI may waive proprietary period early release","NASA astrophysics data proprietary period extension waiver publication archive policy","patent automatic data embargo release upon publication repository milestone","research astronomy proprietary period publication productivity archival reuse data embargo","Dryad private for peer review data becomes public upon article publication official","Figshare embargo automatic public release date official repository"],"sources":[{"source_id":"S1","title":"APD Policy-13: Astrophysics Scientific Information Management Policy","publisher":"NASA Astrophysics Division","url":"https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/APD_Data_Policy_v1.8.pdf","source_class":"GOVERNMENT_OR_REGULATOR","claims_supported":["NASA astrophysics research data must become public no later than publication of the describing peer-reviewed article or conclusion of the award.","NASA permits case-specific increases or decreases to default exclusive-use periods with compelling justification, preferably panel review, and written decision records."]},{"source_id":"S2","title":"Science Information Policy","publisher":"NASA Science Mission Directorate","url":"https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/science-information-policy/","source_class":"GOVERNMENT_OR_REGULATOR","claims_supported":["Current NASA policy summarizes research-data release at publication or award end and mission-data release as soon as possible.","NASA reports that scientific-information availability is monitored, establishing precedent for policy-outcome measurement."]},{"source_id":"S3","title":"Policy 2—Data Rights and Data Dissemination","publisher":"Space Telescope Science Institute / NASA","url":"https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-opportunities-and-policies/jwst-general-science-policies/nasa-smd-policies-and-guidelines-for-the-operations-of-jwst-at-stsci/policy-2-data-rights-and-data-dissemination","source_class":"OFFICIAL_PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION","claims_supported":["JWST uses a default one-year observation-level exclusive-access period but permits shorter assignments.","Extensions require compelling scientific requirements and detailed justification, while the default period can be reduced by authorized decision makers."]},{"source_id":"S4","title":"Proprietary Periods and Observational Data Access","publisher":"National Radio Astronomy Observatory","url":"https://science.nrao.edu/observing/policies/docs/manuals/users-policy/preparation-and-execution-of-observations/data-delivery-and-data-rights/proprietary-periods-and-observational-data-access","source_class":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["NRAO normally applies fixed proprietary periods but permits TAC-recommended deviations, shortened periods, and complete waivers for designated observations.","The policy records reasons for accepted deviations and assigns some periods case by case using scientific and programmatic considerations."]},{"source_id":"S5","title":"Spitzer Cycle-6 Call for Proposals","publisher":"Spitzer Science Center / NASA","url":"https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/docs/files/spitzer/cp6.pdf","source_class":"OFFICIAL_GUIDANCE","claims_supported":["Spitzer implemented observation-level expiry, multiple default durations, community-interest early release, and PI-requested waiver of all or part of a proprietary period.","Spitzer's shorter or waived periods were proposal- or authority-driven rather than automatically triggered by subsequent publication or inactivity."]},{"source_id":"S6","title":"Private for Peer Review","publisher":"Dryad","url":"https://datadryad.org/help/submission_steps/peer_review","source_class":"OFFICIAL_PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION","claims_supported":["Dryad automatically ends private status when an integrated journal reports manuscript acceptance or when an associated primary article is published.","Dryad also applies an inactivity rule, automatically withdrawing private submissions after one year without activity."]},{"source_id":"S7","title":"Embargoes and Restricted Access Publishing","publisher":"Figshare","url":"https://info.figshare.com/user-guide/embargoes-and-restricted-access-publishing/","source_class":"COMMERCIAL_FIRST_PARTY","claims_supported":["Repository infrastructure already supports metadata-visible embargoes that expire automatically on a chosen date.","Figshare advises against default embargoes for nonsensitive data and supports controlled-access safeguards."]},{"source_id":"S8","title":"Robust Archives Maximize Scientific Accessibility","publisher":"arXiv","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.06234","source_class":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","claims_supported":["A bibliographic analysis found archival data in more than 60 percent of Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer publication output.","Archival use broadened participation across institutions and countries, supporting the value of earlier reusable access without measuring the specific effect of embargo duration."]}],"proximity":"SUBSTANTIAL_COLLISION","closest_analogues":[{"name":"NASA astrophysics publication-conditioned data release with justified waivers","similarity":"It combines a publication milestone for public release with case-specific increases or decreases to exclusive-use periods, compelling-justification review, written records, and monitoring—most of the nominated governance mechanism.","remaining_difference":"The policy distinguishes research data from mission-observation proprietary access and does not specify automatic archive release upon verified analysis completion or inactivity, nor a participant appeal procedure.","source_ids":["S1","S2"]},{"name":"Dryad automatic publication-status release","similarity":"It operationalizes automatic removal of private status based on journal acceptance or associated-article publication and includes an inactivity trigger.","remaining_difference":"It governs author-deposited research packages rather than telescope observation rights and lacks the originating-team first-use extension and appeal structure.","source_ids":["S6"]},{"name":"JWST, NRAO, and Spitzer variable proprietary-period regimes","similarity":"These observatories already support observation-level durations, shorter or waived protection, justified extensions, community-interest review, and eventual public release.","remaining_difference":"Their deviations are predominantly assigned ex ante or granted discretionarily; the located policies do not automatically reassess continued exclusivity from post-delivery publication, completion, or inactivity evidence.","source_ids":["S3","S4","S5"]}],"overlapping_components":["Publication- or acceptance-triggered data release","Automatic transition from restricted to public access","Observation- or dataset-level embargo administration","Shortened or fully waived proprietary periods","Case-specific evidence-based extensions","Protection for compelling scientific requirements and sensitive information","Documented decision authority and rationale","Inactivity-based automated action","Monitoring of public-data availability","Recognition of archival reuse and accessibility value"],"remaining_contrastive_claim":"No located astronomy observatory archive automatically shortens an observation's proprietary period upon verified analysis completion, publication, or inactivity while also providing documented, appealable, evidence-based extensions that preserve bounded first-use protection.","claim_falsifier":"An official observatory policy, archive-system specification, procurement record, or operational study showing observation-level automatic release from analysis, publication, or inactivity signals together with reviewable extension and appeal procedures would falsify the remaining claim.","problem_support":"MODERATE","recommendation":"RESEARCH","world_novelty_boundary":"This eight-query, eight-source bounded search found the core release trigger, automatic workflow, variable proprietary periods, and justified-waiver machinery already practiced across NASA astrophysics policy, observatory governance, and research repositories; it did not find their exact integration in an astronomy calibrated-data archive, but it cannot establish worldwide novelty or exclude unindexed facility procedures, software, patents, or local archive rules."}