I think it would be very interesting to invite some of those journal editors that have subscribed JETS to explain us how they are applying it in a way that is more concrete than the statements they have posted.
I think QTD is extremely important and should not be limited nor framed by JETS, as Tim explains, but at the same time I think JETS/DA-RT was the starting point of the debate that promoted this conversation thus getting a clear understanding of what JETS really means in practice would be helpful for all.
After that we can move on to better things. It might be that JETS has zero impact and thus we can all relax and have a nice expansive conversation about transparency and replication in qualitative and mixed method research that leads to a set of nice principles and guidelines that do not need to be necessarily operational, it might also be that JETS might have in some circumstances problematic effects and then this conversation should be framed to create 3 products: 1) an explanation of such problems, 2) an alternative operational proposal that solves them (an amendment to JETS), 3) a larger set of principles that is not necessarily operational.
I do not know if the first or second author in this conversation are correct simply because reading the interpretation of JETS that various journals are publishing it is unclear what will be required.
Prof. Lupia in his editorial [http://charlescrabtree.com/files/newsletter_spring2016.pdf] seems to describe a very flexible approach that does not appear to change anything if the editor does not want to change anything, but at the same time opens also the door for significant changes that go in the direction of what guest 1 is afraid off. There is that little sentence in JETS ("The editor shall have full discretion") that is one of the key element of this debate as many others have pointed out, see for example the answer to the critique that John Patty of the blog Math of Politics has made to the reasons behind the e-petition to delay JETS.
[critique by John Patty
http://www.mathofpolitics.com/2015/11/0 ... everybody/]
[answer
https://dialogueondartdotorg.files.word ... -nov-9.pdf].
And that is just one of the examples, at the following site you can find a lot more info on the debate that generated the space for QTD:
https://dialogueondart.org/perspectives-on-da-rt/Until it is more clear what is going to happen the so called "ghost stories" are as plausible to me as the "nothing will change" stories. And there is a value in mapping all the potential consequences of a new policy, even those that might have a low probability according to some.
And here are the JETS requirements (link:
http://www.dartstatement.org/#!blank/c22sl):
1) Require authors to ensure that cited data are available at the time of publication through a trusted digital repository. Journals may specify which trusted digital repository shall be used (for example if they have their own dataverse). If cited data are restricted (e.g., classified, require confidentiality protections, were obtained under a non-disclosure agreement, or have inherent logistical constraints), authors must notify the editor at the time of submission. The editor shall have full discretion to follow their journal’s policy on restricted data, including declining to review the manuscript or granting an exemption with or without conditions. The editor shall inform the author of that decision prior to review.
2) Require authors to delineate clearly the analytic procedures upon which their published claims rely, and where possible to provide access to all relevant analytic materials. If such materials are not published with the article, they must be shared to the greatest extent possible through institutions with demonstrated capacity to provide long-term access.
3) Maintain a consistent data citation policy to increase the credit that data creators and suppliers receive for their work. These policies include using data citation practices that identify a dataset’s author(s), title, date, version, and a persistent identifier. In sum, we will require authors who base their claims on data created by others to reference and cite those data as an intellectual product of value.
4) Ensure that journal style guides, codes of ethics, publication manuals, and other forms of guidance are updated and expanded to include improved data access and research transparency requirements.