> Here's a good example. The Fisher's iris flower data was released with his work in a 1936 paper. It was used as an example of his discriminate analysis. This data set has been repeatedly used over and over to show examples of cluster analysis and segmentation. Many statistics teachers use it in their curriculum. You never know where the research could lead to growth and development in a field.
You raise a good tangential point:
Releasing a data set can be just as useful as releasing code, and every bit as necessary to reproducing results.
Moreover, reproducing a well-curated dataset can be just as prohibitive in terms of time and expense.
How many papers have reused datasets such as ImageNet, Celeb-A, etc. in recent years?
By all means, release your datasets even if you don't release your code.
You raise a good tangential point:
Releasing a data set can be just as useful as releasing code, and every bit as necessary to reproducing results.
Moreover, reproducing a well-curated dataset can be just as prohibitive in terms of time and expense.
How many papers have reused datasets such as ImageNet, Celeb-A, etc. in recent years?
By all means, release your datasets even if you don't release your code.