DES Governing Documents and Collaboration Policies¶

• Memorandum of Understanding for the Dark Energy Survey sets out the basic organizational and management structure of the project.

• DES Membership Policy describes the rights & responsibilities of DES members and participants and the processes for admitting new members.

• DES Publication Policy lays out the rules and procedures for writing up and presenting DES science and technical results.

• DES Statement on Collaboration Culture, Ethics, Inclusivity, and Diversity describes collaboration policy on values and inclusivity, including roles of the Ombudspeople.

• Science Committee Charter describes the roles of the Science Committee and the Science Working Groups in carrying out DES science.

• External Collaborator Procedure describes the revised procedure for adding external collaborators.

Standard Acknowledgements for DES publications

Data Sharing Policies and Data Registry

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