[open-government] Scientific Access to Data and Information

Wed Nov 9 19:21:07 UTC 2011

Amen Daniel - as the son of two cancer researchers I'm always attuned to 
this conversation. I have a number of friends who will be interested in 
this.

dave

On 11-11-09 11:18 AM, Daniel Dietrich wrote:
> Very *very* interesting, indeed! I learned about CODATA years ago but
> did almost forget about it. Great to see open data on the agenda of
> next years conference. Thanks to Paul and Tracey for sharing this
> information.
>
> Best
> Daniel
>
> On 9 November 2011 20:12, Uhlir, Paul<PUhlir at nas.edu>  wrote:
>> Jonathan and colleagues,
>>
>> The CODATA Conference will be at the Academia Sinica in Taipei next 28-31 October. The meeting will be in cooperation with the ICSU World Data System. Info about the preliminary program will be available on the www.codata.org website "soon". There will be a call for papers and for organizing sessions, probably sometime in late winter, with a due date of late April, if past practice is prologue.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: okfn.jonathan.gray at gmail.com [mailto:okfn.jonathan.gray at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gray
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:06 PM
>> To: Uhlir, Paul
>> Cc: open-government at lists.okfn.org; open-science
>> Subject: Re: [open-government] Scientific Access to Data and Information
>>
>> Thanks Paul!
>>
>> I did notice Tracey mention that the 2012 conference would be about
>> open data in science. Very exciting! Are there any links or further
>> information about this?
>>
>> I'm sure that many of those involved in our Working Group on Open Data
>> in Science [1] would be interested in participating in this!
>>
>> J.
>>
>> [1] http://science.okfn.org/
>>
>> 2011/11/9 Uhlir, Paul<PUhlir at nas.edu>:
>>> Thank you for bringing the CODATA info to the attention of these listservs,
>>> Tracey. I have been director of the US CODATA committee since the early
>>> 1990s and involved in many of these activities, so if anyone has
>>> questions/comments to raise, I would be happy to (try to) answer them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul F. Uhlir, J.D.
>>>
>>> Director, Board on Research Data and Information
>>>
>>> National Academy of Sciences, Keck-511
>>>
>>> 500 Fifth Street NW
>>>
>>> Washington, DC 20001
>>>
>>> U.S.A.
>>>
>>> Tel.: +1 202 334 1531
>>>
>>> Cell: +1 703 217 5143
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>>> Fax: +1 202 334 2231
>>>
>>> E-mail: puhlir at nas.edu
>>>
>>> Web: www.nas.edu/brdi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org
>>> [mailto:open-government-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Tracey P.
>>> Lauriault
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:05 AM
>>> To: civicaccess discuss; open-government at lists.okfn.org
>>> Subject: [open-government] Scientific Access to Data and Information
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is good to go back to the fundamentals and to learn from the innovators
>>> when it comes to data access.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> International Council for Science (ICSU)  CODATA (Committee on Data for
>>> Science and Technology)
>>>
>>> Scientific Access to Data and Information
>>>
>>> http://www.codata.org/resources/databases/data_access/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> CODATA is one of the most important International Organizations on the
>>> management, preservation and dissemination of scientific data.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It has developed the key principles for the dissemination of data
>>> - http://www.codata.org/resources/databases/data_access/principles.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> and a list of important data access policy statements we can all learn and
>>> quote from
>>>
>>> http://www.codata.org/resources/databases/data_access/policies.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Information on the history of database protection
>>>
>>> http://www.codata.org/resources/databases/data_access/linn.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> to name a few.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The 2012 Conference will be about open data and science.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
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