This table sets out the output types for REF-category 'digital atefacts', including a broad definition and examples, which are provided for guidance only and do not represent a definitive list.
| Output type | REF eligible? | In scope of the Open Access Policy? |
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Software Originally researched, created and published software (computer programs and their associated documentation, consisting of a set of instructions written by a programmer) or database products of commercial quality, which has been made publicly available. |
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| Operating systems | Y | N |
| Utilities | Y | N |
| Application programs | Y | N |
| interactive multimedia | Y | N |
| Video games | Y | N |
| Logic systems | Y | N |
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Website content A collection of material which embodies research and is undertaken on a systematic basis specifically for dissemination through a website and/or as an interactive approach to allow users to engage directly with the process or products of the research. |
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| Textual, visual, or aural content encountered as part of the user experience on websites, including text, images, sounds, videos and animations (among other things) | Y | N |
| Factual information, analysis or data, or fictional, imaginative and/or creative work, using pictorial, video, audio, etc. | Y | N |
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Digital or visual media Research outputs presented in digitised and/or audio-visual format. |
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| Films | Y | N |
| Documentaries | Y | N |
| Audio-visual presentations | Y | N |
| Computer games | Y | N |
| Animation | Y | N |
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Research datasets and databases May be in a variety of formats, for instance in spreadsheet, but also any collection of data on which analysis can be performed. |
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| Datasets: the contents of a single database table, or a statistical data matrix, where every column of the table represents a particular variable, where every column of the table represents a particular variable, and each row corresponds to a given member of the dataset. | Y | N |
| Databases: Collections of data specifically organised and presented for the ease of wieving, retrieval and analysis. May comprise multiple datasets. | Y | N |