[open-science] Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s (NYTimes)

[Jean-Claude Bradley]

Graham - you may be thinking of my comment.  I tried to access the dataset
but it required either registration or registration and filling out an
application.  I don't know if this disqualifies it as truly "open" but from
a practical standpoint I think allowing anonymous access to data and
enabling referring via a simple URL are very important for promoting its
use.

Jean-Claude

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Graham Steel <steelgraham at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Peter/All,
>
> The issue here to me that I'd like to see more widely discussed is who
> actually has access to such 'open data'.
>
> I'm 99.9% certain that I read a comment yesterday, that gaining access to
> the data from the Alzheimer's dataset requires a log-in/approval.
>
> There was a similar situaion in June in terms of Pharma data from failed
> Alzheimer's drug trials being made 'open'.
>
> Drug Makers Will Share Data From Failed Alzheimer's Trials - WSJ<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703627704575298783153884208.html?mod=wsj_share_facebook>
>
> --
>
> See this thread <http://www.als.net/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=48301>and you'll see what i'm getting at.
>
> gks
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:32:47 +0100
> Subject: Re: [open-science] Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on
> Alzheimer’s (NYTimes)
> From: pm286 at cam.ac.uk
> To: steelgraham at hotmail.com
> CC: open-science at lists.okfn.org
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Graham Steel <steelgraham at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>  Dear All,
>
> As you may already know, there has been a lot of discussion on the web in
> the last 24 hours regarding 'Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on
> Alzheimer’s (NYTimes)':-
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/health/research/13alzheimer.html?emc=eta1
>
> May I propose that this article/discussion is put on the agenda for the
> next monthly meet up of the OKFN's Working Group on Open Data in Science.
>
>
> This is an excellent high-profile example of Open Data. Do you have
> suggestions as to how we can take this forward.
>
> There is so much happening in this area now that we have to work out what
> is the best use of our resources and how to get more people involved. Maybe
> we shoudl use this and others as picked examples of why Open data works - a
> sort of prospectus.
>
> Unfortunately not everyone will be convinced and in chemistry it's really
> tough.
>
> P.
>
>
>
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> University of Cambridge
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