[open-bibliography] Mendeley and open data...

Mon Aug 30 22:06:15 UTC 2010

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Thomas Krichel <krichel at openlib.org>wrote:

>  Peter Murray-Rust writes
>
> > There is actually very little data anywhere that is formally labelled as
> > Open according to the OKD.
>
>   Forget about formal. Just make it available.
>

Available isn't good enough. That's the point of the Open Defintion. If it's
just "available" and you re-use it without permission they can send the
lawyers. They can close the site, etc.

>
> > Part of what we are doing is approaching poeple
> > who want to expose theie data and show them how to make it Open.
>
>   Just make them make it available and then build services
>  that demonstrate that further use is in the data holders interest.
>
> > It's unclear whether Mendeley actually intend to make their data
> > Open
>
>   I agree. They are just like a library in this sense.
>  Open metadata makes sense for publishers, not libraries.
>
On the contrary. Open metadata is essential for libraries.

>
> >
>

-- 
Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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