Recognising that open access to, and unrestricted use of, data promotes scientific progress and facilitates the training of researchers;
Recognising that open access will maximise the value derived from public investments in data collection efforts; [...]
[The signatories] DECLARE THEIR COMMITMENT TO:
Work towards the establishment of access regimes for digital research data from public funding in accordance with the following objectives and principles:
Openness: balancing the interests of open access to data to increase the quality and efficiency of research and innovation with the need for restriction of access in some instances to protect social, scientific and economic interests. [...]
Interoperability: paying due attention to the relevant international standard requirements for use in multiple ways, in co-operation with other international organisations. [...]
Accountability: evaluating the performance of data access regimes to maximise the support for open access among the scientific community and society at large.
The signatory nations are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/30/2004 12:21:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
