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

Rufus Pollock rufus.pollock at okfn.org
Thu Jul 8 11:20:42 UTC 2010


On 7 July 2010 07:18, Cameron Neylon <cameron.neylon at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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.

Of course, at the same time, Galaxy Zoo is not producing *open* data
if I recall rightly:

<http://ckan.net/package/galaxyzoo>

I think this may be because of the source of the images they use.

Rufus




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