[open-science] Why are we leaving it to Google?

Thu Sep 27 20:58:01 UTC 2018

Thanks Peter! And I completely agree - this creates a huge barrier to market entry that makes it harder - and in some cases impossible - for open infrastructures to catch up.

Best,
Peter

Am 27/09/2018 um 18:14 schrieb Peter Murray-Rust:
> Excellent article - I tried to reply but the Elephant trashed it.
> The worst aspect for me is the differential access to create indexes of publisher and other sites. Google gets treated like royalty where we (who are often technically better) get banned or get threats. For example I could index much of today's chemistry but I am forbidden.
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> P.
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> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 4:58 PM Peter Kraker <pkraker at openknowledgemaps.org <mailto:pkraker at openknowledgemaps.org>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     thank you for the thought-provoking discussion, shows of support and practical proposals around #DontLeaveItToGoogle. In the meantime, I have been interviewed by Elephant in the Lab about the campaign's motivations and goals. You can find it here: http://elephantinthelab.org/google-and-research-data/
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>     I'd be interested in your feedback and comments!
>
>     Best,
>     Peter
>
>
>     Am 10/09/2018 um 15:29 schrieb Peter Kraker:
>     > As you may have heard, Google is building a search engine for datasets
>     > (https://www.blog.google/products/search/making-it-easier-discover-datasets/).
>     > This means yet another proprietary index on top of our own data that
>     > nobody can reuse - and another inferior list-based interface that will
>     > be pushed onto scientists by Google's sheer market dominance.
>     >
>     > At the same time, there is no funding for a community-driven open source
>     > alternative. We should not leave the field to Google, or science will be
>     > poorer for it! We finally need to invest in a true open science
>     > contender for research data discovery. This would bring meaningful
>     > competition to this space and drive innovation.
>     >
>     > This is why we have launched the #DontLeaveItToGoogle campaign. I
>     > encourage you to add your own voice to the discussion using this
>     > hashtag. It’s time to change the way we discover research - not
>     > perpetuate the same proprietary model time and time again!
>     >
>     > https://twitter.com/PeterKraker/status/1039122274518007808
>     > https://twitter.com/PeterKraker/status/1039122276623503360
>     >
>     > Best,
>     > Peter
>     >
>
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