Table 2. Data sharing agreement modules for four types of data sharing.

Type of data sharing	Direct share	Collaborative	Federated	TRE
Agreement module
Data generator details	x	x	x	x
Roles and responsibilities	x	x	x	x
Data consumer details	x	x	x	x
Data consumer roles and responsibilities	x	x	x	x
Purpose of sharing initiative	x	x	x	x
Anticipated or intended output	x	x	x	x
Appropriate ethics and consent documents	x	x	x	x
Term/duration of sharing initiative	x	x	x	x
IP ownership	x	x	x	x
Data ownership	x	x	x	x
Description of data and/or biospecimens	x	x	x	x
Mode of data transfer (including costs)	x	x
Mode of biospecimen transfer (including costs)	x	x
Mode of sharing data analysis code		x	x
Termination of sharing initiative	x	x	x	x
Timeline for retention of data and/or biospecimen	x	x
Procedure for permanent deletion of data	x	x
Procedure for discarding of biospecimen	x	x
Risk assessment	x	x	x	x
Type of benefit sharing	x	x	x	x
Authorship for publications	x	x	x	x
Acknowledgement statement	x	x	x	x

IP, intellectual property; TRE, trusted research environment.