Editing REF CC (section)

===Date of first compliant deposit (FCD)===
An item will be considered a compliant deposit if (a) it is in the Review or the Live Archive area of the repository and (b) it has the Accepted or Published version of the full text manuscript attached. The FCD metadata reflects the date that the item first met this criteria - for example when the item was submitted to the review section of the repository by the researcher, or when the accepted version of the full text was subsequently uploaded by an editor to the live side of the repository.

Once the Date of FCD is set, subsequent changes to the item will not affect it. The Date of FCD will be copied to any new versions created using the "New Version" option. The new version will effectively "inherit" the same Date of FCD as the previous version. The behaviour of the Date of FCD field in different circumstances is outlined in the table below.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%"
| style="padding: 10px;"| '''Action'''
| style="padding: 5px;"| '''Result'''
|-
| style="padding: 10px;"| Researcher makes compliant deposit
| style="padding: 5px;"| Date of FCD set when researcher clicks "Deposit Now"
|-
| style="padding: 10px;"| Researcher makes non-compliant deposit; editor subsequently uploads Accepted version of full text during review to make deposit compliant
| style="padding: 5px;"| Date of FCD set when editor uploads Accepted version
|-
| style="padding: 10px;"| Compliant deposit in Live Archive - editor augments item by attaching the Published version
| style="padding: 5px;"| Date of FCD unchanged
|-
| style="padding: 10px;"| Compliant deposit in Live Archive - editor replaces Accepted version of full text with Published version
| style="padding: 5px;"| Date of FCD unchanged
|-
| style="padding: 10px;"| Compliant deposit in Live Archive - researcher selects "New Version" option, attaches the Published version of the full text to the new version and deposits it
| style="padding: 5px;"| Date of FCD copied to new version
|-
|}