Scientific Data: open-access publication with detailed dataset descriptions

Nature Publishing Group has launched Scientific Data, a new open access publication that, according to the publication, “aims to address the increasing need to make research data more available, citable, discoverable, interpretable, reusable and reproducible,” while also fulfilling some requirements of funder-mandated data management plans. 

More from the press release:
Data Descriptors, Scientific Data’s article type, are peer-reviewed, scientific publications that provide detailed descriptions of experimental and observational datasets, including the methods used to collect the data and technical analyses supporting the quality of the measurement. Data Descriptors are a combination of traditional scientific publication content and structured information curated in-house, and are designed to maximize reuse and enable searching, linking and data mining.