[open-science] IsItOpen letter for feedback

Sun Oct 24 10:01:19 UTC 2010

Hi Heather,

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Heather Piwowar <hpiwowar at gmail.com> wrote:
> The summary of the PLoS and BMC response is on the new OKFN science blog:
> http://science.okfn.org/2010/09/13/bmc-and-plos-all-the-data-is-cc-by-enjoy/

Excellent! Sorry I missed that post :(

> I have plans to do a quick writeup of the Mendeley response and also a "tips
> for IsItOpenData enquiries" post to summarize what I learned about avoiding
> spam filters etc.  I'll finish those Real Soon Now.

:)

> Alas I don't have time at this point to send the letter out to other
> publishers, though others are certainly welcome to!  Let me know if I can be
> of help.  Anita de Waard had useful suggestions about making the definition
> of metadata looser before we send it out to commercial publishers.

PLoS and BMC were the only publishers that received a letter so far?

I have a good feeling of what ACS, RSC, etc, will reply...

> The most recent version of the letter on etherpad incorporates this feedback:
> http://okfnpad.org/isitopenLetters

OK, thanx.

Egon

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