[open-science] Brief persuasive case for data sharing?

Fri Sep 3 19:59:01 UTC 2010

Chris, see this article in earthzine, "18 Reasons for Open Publication  
of Geoscience Data": http://www.earthzine.org/2010/08/04/18-reasons-for-open-publication-of-geoscience-data/ 
  .  I'll let you do the thinning.

Lance

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On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Chris Rusbridge wrote:

> Dear Open Science folks, I am helping JISC prepare a FAQ on the  
> implications of Freedom of Information and Environmental Information  
> legislation for researchers, particularly as regards requests for  
> their own research data. One obvious question is "Why should I make  
> my data available?". My current (weak) answer is:
>
> "Most research is paid for by the public, and that leads to a  
> presumption in favour of openness. Indeed, some supporters of Open  
> Science would make all their data publicly available as (or very  
> soon after) they are created. [Needs link here, inc to Panton  
> Principles I think]
>
> "Research funders and journal editors are both beginning to set  
> policies in favour of making data available. Usually this applies to  
> data from completed research, or supporting findings in  
> publications. This is part of the general idea that science (and  
> indeed all research) should be verifiable by others.
>
> "A presumption in favour of openness is one thing, but the Freedom  
> of Information Acts and Environmental Information Regulations are  
> the law in the UK (there is slightly different legislation in  
> Scotland than in the rest of the UK, the details of which we try to  
> cover in other answers). As always with the law, the devil lies in  
> the detail, so the general answer to whether you need to make  
> information available to someone else is 'it depends…' "
>
> Can you suggest improvements to this, preferably no more than  
> doubling its length?
>
> There will be many more questions in the FAQ, looking at various  
> cases where one cannot share data (privacy, ethical concerns etc),  
> and the exemptions (or exceptions) you can try if you really don't  
> want to share (or not yet). But this is the main place to make a  
> case FOR sharing.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
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