[open-science] OKF: What shall I say at the Open Science Summit in Berkeley

Jonathan Gray jonathan.gray at okfn.org
Tue Jul 6 19:06:35 UTC 2010


That would be great. Think its crucial to have *very* clear criteria
for the petals -- so binary Y/N question is easy to answer (e.g. PP
compliant? OSI compliant? 'Libre' OA? ...)

J.

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks J
>
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> The 10 ideas for opening up scientific data is a great idea. Perhaps
>> we could start a pad to iterate on this?
>>
>> 5 ideas for starters:
>>
>>  * Data: Open up your research data in accordance with the Panton
>> Principles.
>>  * Publications: Deposit your publications in an open access
>> repository -- or publish in open access journal. Ideally under an open
>> license (such as Creative Commons Attribution).
>>  * Code: Make software available under an open source license.
>>  * Process: Let others know what you're doing: whether via a blog,
>> public mailing lists, or social networking sites.
>>  * Advocacy: Encourage students, researchers and colleagues to do the
>> same!
>>
> If we stick with 4 or 5 we could have a logo (e.g. a flower) with  petals
> each with a letter on. Then people could publish this flower with the petals
> coloured in for each thing they have done. Rather liike the Geek code or
> Stackoverflow badges.
>
> We should also have very simple things people can do - like adding open data
> stickers to their blog, etc. We need to have the resources that they point
> to when clicked.
>
>
>> P.
>
>
> --
> 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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