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

Tue Jul 6 20:07:25 UTC 2010

On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Cameron Neylon wrote:

> I like this idea a lot. Could I make a suggestion that the fifth one, rather
> than being advocacy should be to make physical materials available? Creative
> Commons have done a lot of work recently on generic MTAs in an effort to
> make sharing physical materials as easy and consistent as data and code.
> Advocacy for me is the centre of the flower and the five petals Open Data,
> Open access papers/communication, Open Code, Open process, Open Materials.

Not to spoil the 5 petals idea, but there is also what I've taken to 
calling open community --- the idea that science can potentially benefit 
from the input of people who traditionally would be called non-scientists. 
The Galaxy Zoo project is an outstanding example.

I certainly agree that advocacy is the core --- the fundamental task of 
open science, in my opinion, is changing the hearts and minds of the 
scientific community about the best ways of doing science.  If that can be 
achieved, then all else will follow.

Cheers,

Michael