[open-science] Organising an open data event at SWAT4LS Workshop (London, December 2011)

Tue Apr 26 20:57:43 UTC 2011

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Graham Steel <steelgraham at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Me too....
>
> Graham
>
>
Excellent. I think we need to both plan this and also to start a lot of
public momentum. We've certainly got time. Maybe we need a summer meeting to
get a prototype working and to iron out the bugs.

P.

>
>
> > From: m.hahnel07 at imperial.ac.uk
> > To: jonathan.gray at okfn.org; pm286 at cam.ac.uk
> > CC: david.shotton at zoo.ox.ac.uk; steelgraham at hotmail.com;
> bosteen at gmail.com; chan at utsc.utoronto.ca; open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:16:04 +0100
> > Subject: RE: [open-science] Organising an open data event at SWAT4LS
> Workshop (London, December 2011)
>
> >
> > I'd be up for this Jonathan,
> >
> > Mark
> > ________________________________________
> > From: open-science-bounces at lists.okfn.org [
> open-science-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gray [
> jonathan.gray at okfn.org]
> > Sent: 26 April 2011 18:45
> > To: Peter Murray-Rust
> > Cc: David Shotton; Graham Steel; Benjamin O'Steen; Leslie Chan;
> open-science at lists.okfn.org
> > Subject: Re: [open-science] Organising an open data event at SWAT4LS
> Workshop (London, December 2011)
> >
> > Brilliant. Are there others on this list who'd be interested in
> > participating or helping to organise a workshop on open data in
> > science in London in December?
> >
> > J.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Jonathan Gray <
> jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> +1
> > >>
> > >> I can contribute logistical support, advice, and suchlike remotely if
> > >> WG members think this is worth pursuing.
> > >>
> > >> FWIW I'd most like to see some kind of hands on workshop where
> > >> participants work towards some tangible, useful output! ;-)
> > >
> > > I think that Open Research Reports (Open Research Maps) would be an
> ideal
> > > target. I think I have mentioned this before, but it's an idea that
> takes
> > > Open articles from PMC, organizes them by disease and creates a
> resource
> > > (which we believe will be better than anything currently available).
> The
> > > idea has variously included DavidS, Leslie, Cameron, Ben,, Graham etc.
> We
> > > see this as a figurative and literal map of resach in these areas
> including
> > > timelines, geolocation, citation links, etc.This could really hep the
> effort
> > > take off.
> > >>
> > >> Peter: think we should do an open data in science hackday? Is there
> > >> anything which you think we could/should make? (Not just code - e.g.
> > >> could do a nice printable open data in science 'propaganda kit' with
> > >> stickers, leaflets, short video, etc...)
> > >>
> > > YES.
> > >
> > > It could do a huge amount for those who cannot read the current
> literature
> > > because of the policy of pricing everyone except those in rich Western
> > > universities out of the market. There will be a lot of value for
> disease
> > > groups, third-world etc.
> > >
> > > We probably need fresh impetus and maybe a volunteer who puts this at
> the
> > > top of their list
> > >>
> > >> All: perhaps we could put suggestions for things to build on
> > >> ideas.okfn.org tagged 'science'.
> > >>
> > >> J.
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Egon Willighagen
> > >> <egon.willighagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > Hi Jenny,
> > >> >
> > >> > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Jenny Molloy <
> jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >> OKF have been contacted by the organisers of an international
> workshop
> > >> >> of Semantic Web Application in Life Sciences to be held in London
> in
> > >> >> December (last year's programme
> http://www.swat4ls.org/2010/progr.php )
> > >> >>
> > >> >> They are interested in holding a open data related satellite event,
> > >> >> like an
> > >> >> hackathon or clinics on exporting and integrating open scientific
> data,
> > >> >> or
> > >> >> an evening discussion on open data in science.
> > >> >
> > >> > I think this is a very good idea! Our exercise on the
> > >> > IsItOpenData(LODD) (I'll try to catch up next week!) shows the Open
> > >> > nature of data in the LOD network is not well-defined, and that
> there
> > >> > is a lot of confusion.
> > >> >
> > >> >> Would anyone be keen to help organise something? Let me know by the
> end
> > >> >> of
> > >> >> the week and we can get back to them with some ideas, or at least
> an
> > >> >> expression of interest!
> > >> >
> > >> > I will not be able to attend this meeting, nor available for
> > >> > organization, but quite interested otherwise!
> > >> >
> > >> > Egon
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > Dr E.L. Willighagen
> > >> > Postdoctoral Researcher
> > >> > Institutet för miljömedicin
> > >> > Karolinska Institutet (http://ki.se/imm)
> > >> > Homepage: http://egonw.github.com/
> > >> > LinkedIn: http://se.linkedin.com/in/egonw
> > >> > Blog: http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/
> > >> > PubList: http://www.citeulike.org/user/egonw/tag/papers
> > >> >
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> > >>
> > >>
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> > >>
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> > > Peter Murray-Rust
> > > Reader in Molecular Informatics
> > > Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
> > > University of Cambridge
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> >
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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
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