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The responsibilities and benefits of partnership in the Dryad Consortium
Journals can become partners in the Dryad Consortium. Current interim guidelines of the consortium stipulate that partner journals must:
 * 1) Approve the JDAP or a similar policy, at a minimum, encouraging public archiving of data.
 * 2) Appoint a representative to sit on the Consortium Board
 * 3) Cooperate with Dryad staff to integrate the journal submission system with Dryad's submission process.
 * 4) Have a commitment  to helping to  develop  a  self‐sustainable  business  model  for  Dryad.
 * 5) Abide by the decisions of the Dryad Consortium Board, including financial obligations.

It is expected that partner journals will:
 * Request that their authors  deposit relevant data to Dryad. This request usually appears in acceptance letters sent to authors.
 * Provide readers of the journal information about related content in Dryad. This typically consists of a published Dryad identifier (DOI) in the article and a link to the related Dryad content in the electronic edition article.

Benefits of partnership:
 * Each partner journal is eligible to vote on all Dryad policy decisions.
 * Partner journals may integrate their manuscript approval process with the Dryad submission system.
 * Partner journals receive regular reports about submissions to Dryad associated with their articles.
 * Dryad users will be able to browse content associated with specific partner journals. (under development)
 * Content in Dryad associated with a partner journal will display the journal's logo or cover image. (under development)
 * The features and capabilities of Dryad are prioritized by their value to partner journals. This includes which specialized repositories are selected for one-stop data deposition from Dryad.

Potential partners will want to read through the Dryad Partner Fact Sheet for further information.