HEPData: the unique publication-related data repository in particle physics

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HEPData is the primary repository for publication-related data from particle physics experiments. It responds to a community need to share, manage and preserve data in a form that it can be easily re-used. It is also one of the major elements in fulfilling the STFC and RCUK policies for the management and sharing of scientific data, applied to the particular instance of particle physics. If HEPData did not exist, modern concerns about data management would require the project to be undertaken. The Durham High-Energy Physics Database (HEPData) has been built up over the past four decades as a unique open-access repository for publication-related high-level data. It contains results from more than 8500 experimental particle physics papers, typically the numbers behind the plots or tables that appear in publications. High energy physics data is either `raw',`derived' or `published', depending on the amount of analysis which has been performed. HEPData is nowpart of the INSPIRE collaboration, a global consortium which aims to preserve, manage and share `derived' and `published' data produced by High-Energy Physics experiments, both to ensure that publically funded data is openly available, and to maximise the scientific value obtained from the aggregation of related data.