New Open Data in Science Task Group Proposed.
I received an email over the weekend from Jonathan Gray, Community Coordinator for The Open Knowledge Foundation, announcing the formation of a new task group on Open Data in Science.
The Task Group will:
- Act as a central point of reference and support for individual scientists and research institutions interested in open data in science.
- Identify practices of early adopters and document existing open scientific datasets.
- Develop principles for open data in science, and legal and technical guidance for opening up scientific data.
- Conduct and disseminate research into incentives and obstacles to opening up scientific data.
The group will strive to strengthen the international network of individuals and organizations who support open data in science – bringing together leading figures in this field as well as young researchers from a diverse range of scientific disciplines.
The final proposal is still forthcoming, but this could prove to be an extremely valuable resource to Open Science.
