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Saturday, March 14, 2009

New Working Group on Open Data in Science

The Open Knowledge Foundation has launched a Working Group on Open Data in Science. From yesterday's announcement:

In the first instance, the group will aim to:

Act as a central point of reference and support for people who think they are interested in open data in science.

Identify practices of early adopters, collecting data and developing guides.

Act as a hub for the development of low cost, community driven projects around open data in science.

We are currently working on:

a prize for open data in science

a service to request that a given dataset to be made open or to request clarification about whether or not it can be re-used

case studies on the benefits of open data in different domains

The Working Group has the following founding members:

Jonathan Gray, Open Knowledge Foundation

Andrew Gruen, University of Cambridge

Tim Hubbard, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Jenny Molloy, University of Cambridge

Peter Murray-Rust, University of Cambridge

Cameron Neylon, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Michael Nielsen

Rufus Pollock, Open Knowledge Foundation

John Wilbanks, Science Commons

If you�re interested in participating in the work of the open group, please get in touch on the main open-science mailing list!

Posted by Peter Suber at 3/14/2009 11:03:00 AM.

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.

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