[open-science] [Open-science-nl] Fwd: Science Source proposal

Sun Feb 18 15:45:52 UTC 2018

Found it!
It was the wonderful Daniel Mietchen who is also a major part of our
Wikimedia activity. See
https://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Notebook/Open_Science/2010/09/16

P.

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 3:43 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Gareth,
> Thanks for following up - I will contact you offlist.
> Our community gave a short presentation/workshop at Eurodoc some years
> ago. I wasn't there and I will try to recall exactly who did it (unless
> they answer here first!).
>
> P.
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 1:06 PM, Gareth O'Neill - Eurodoc <
> gareth.oneill at eurodoc.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am very interested in hearing more about this from the perspective of
>> Eurodoc and our associations.
>>
>> Would it be possible to organise a Skype meeting soon with some of the
>> people behind the initiative?
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Gareth O'Neill
>> President
>> European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers
>> <+31%206%2051%2000%2031%2075>
>> <http://www.eurodoc.net>
>>
>> <+31%206%2051%2000%2031%2075>@gtoneill <https://twitter.com/gtoneill>
>> +31 (0)6 51 00 31 75 <+31%206%2051%2000%2031%2075>
>> gareth.oneill at eurodoc.net
>> http://www.eurodoc.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2018-02-18 10:52 GMT+01:00 Egon Willighagen <egon.willighagen at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am not sure if there are many people here that do not know Peter (he
>>> has been an Open Science activist for over 20 years now) and I have had the
>>> pleasure of working with him on many occasions...
>>>
>>> Please have a look at his proposal and if you like it, please support it
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Egon
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
>>> Date: Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 9:53 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [open-science] Science Source proposal
>>> To: open-science <open-science at lists.okfn.org>,
>>> open-access at lists.okfn.org
>>>
>>>
>>> I announced our ScienceSource proposal https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik
>>> i/Grants:Project/ScienceSource and we've had a lot of support from
>>> Wikimedians. We'd now like to see support from an even wider community.
>>>
>>> ScienceSource plans to create a unique collection of the most valuable
>>> Open Access scientific articles - initially about 30,000. These papers will
>>> be reviewed in a community manner so that both their values and content
>>> will be moderated in an Open manner. In addition these papers will be
>>> semantic - every technical term will be linked to its Wikidata (Wikipedia)
>>> entry, using semantic technology (SPARQL). This will bring a new dimension
>>> to Open Access, making it discoverable through Wikipedia (the largest Open
>>> knoledge collection in the world and where most people find their Open
>>> science. We hope it becomes the one-stop source for finding the most
>>> valuable scintific and medical articles in a form where machines help you
>>> to understand them.
>>>
>>> Wikimedia is very keen to see support from outside the community as well
>>> as inside it. If you feel this is a good idea, just go the URL and leave a
>>> message. This isn't committing you to anything - it's just showing
>>> interest. Of course if you think you can either contribute or use
>>> ScienceSource that's great.  If you've never edited Wikipedia before it's
>>> simple - find the "edit" button to open the wiki - switch to the new visual
>>> editor, add your message at the bottom. You can leave your name or be
>>> anonymous - whatever suits. If you get it wrong, don't worry - wikimedians
>>> or their bots will tidy it up.
>>>
>>> This could be a bit leap for re-usable Open Access in the wider world,
>>> including offline development.
>>>
>>> P.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> One of the problems of Open Access and Open Science is that most
>>>> "public" scientific knowledge is still behind paywalls. Even when it is
>>>> "Open Access" it is often difficult and time-consuming to search for. In
>>>> practice citizens outside academia don't know of and don't use these
>>>> sources and their first Open point of call is Wikimedia.
>>>> In ContentMine (an Open non-profit company) we have worked with a
>>>> Wikimedia grant to develop WikiFactMine (open dictionaries and open
>>>> bibliography in Wikidata). We are now proposing to create a curated,
>>>> annotated, resource of the most valuable articles in biomedicine. The
>>>> initial value will be for WikiMedicine to support the reviewing process and
>>>> for Wikijournals in editing and enhancing their publications. See
>>>>
>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ScienceSource
>>>>
>>>> However a successful project will have wider implications and act as a
>>>> focal point for discovering the most valuable, semantically annotated
>>>> biomedical Open Access articles.
>>>>
>>>> Note that we require CC BY or CC BY-SA for these papers as other
>>>> licences do not permit annotation and / or redistribution. We hope this
>>>> acts as an argument for licensing papers as consistent with the Open
>>>> Definition.
>>>>
>>>> If you are interested in suporting this reply here or leave a message
>>>> on the project Discussion / Talk page.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>>> Reader Emeritus in Molecular Informatics
>>>> Unilever Centre, Dept. Of Chemistry
>>>> University of Cambridge
>>>> CB2 1EW, UK
>>>> +44-1223-763069 <+44%201223%20763069>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter Murray-Rust
>>> Reader Emeritus in Molecular Informatics
>>> Unilever Centre, Dept. Of Chemistry
>>> University of Cambridge
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> --
> Peter Murray-Rust
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> Unilever Centre, Dept. Of Chemistry
> University of Cambridge
> CB2 1EW, UK
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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader Emeritus in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dept. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
+44-1223-763069
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