[open-science] OFA Article on "Bottom-up creation of Open Scientific Knowledge"

Wed Jan 9 17:09:37 UTC 2013

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Rayna <rayna.st at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Peter et al.,
>
> I'd like to contribute as well, the project sounds fabulous.
>

That depends on us!

>
> Brief intro as I'm quite new to this list: I'm currently finishing my PhD
> in bioinformatics and have been active in free/open source software
> communities for quite some time now. Among others, I'm also a science
> blogger for the Nature-SciLogs.com 'Beyond the Lab' which explores new ways
> of doing science (citizen science, DIYbio, etc.). My personal focus is on
> 'garage biology' and economic models in self-sustained communities such as
> DIYbio informal groups. I recently joined the (thus far) infant OKFN France
> where enthusiasm is also present to develop open science in the country.
>
>
Great - I'm therefore assuming you are in the EU timezones.

I'm excited by the enthusiasm. We are going to have to be pragmatic in
terms of numbers -

* do we need to skype? I think so at the start
* can we coordinate all this?

I'm going to suggest we limit authorship to Europe (it is a Euro
group) and Sridhar
Gutam since we've agreed. Most of the other papers are single author ones -
and I'll call a halt at end of play today!

P.

Have a nice evening/day :)
> Rayna
>
> 2013/1/9 Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
>
>>  I (and a number of OKFers) am a fellow of the Open Forum Academy, a
>> group centered on open Standards and practice primarily in IT but also
>> related fields. One of their outputs is an Open book with contributed
>> chapters. In the first book Jenny Molloy , Diane Cabell and I wrote a
>> chapter on Open Content Mining see:
>> http://openforumacademy.org/library/ofa-fellows-reference-library
>>
>> I have now volunteered another chapter on "Bottom-up creation of Open
>> Scientific Knowledge" and they are happy to publish this. Is anyone
>> interested in being a co-author? We would have an OKF affiliation as well
>> as our day jobs.
>>
>> I proposed this on the basis that we have the means to create our own
>> knowledge (whether directly of indirectly). This could include things like:
>> * citizen science
>> * aggregation and indexing of current open scientific knowledge
>>
>> I want to get across the idea that we now do not have to have science
>> sanctioned from the top down. Suggest you mail this list with ideas and
>> we'll find a skype time.
>>
>> --
>> Peter Murray-Rust
>> Reader in Molecular Informatics
>> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
>> University of Cambridge
>> CB2 1EW, UK
>> +44-1223-763069
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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
+44-1223-763069
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