ODOSOS - The BO has a mission to systematize and disseminate data.Unfortunately most data in chemistry is hidden or "protected" by legal and technical restrictions. The BO does not have Open Access as one of its main concerns but some of us believe that Open Access logically, formally and legally mandates Open Data. However many publishers claim that under Open Access the publisher can still protect the data thus reducing our scope.
A group of us, some of whom are BO-active, are actively and formally recording the actual practice of OA+OD and trying ot persuade the world that simplistic OA may harm the Open Data movement. We are therefore running a project, to culminate in submitting one or more publications to OA journals, on the practice of OA in chemistry. We are working through Wikispaces, Googlemail and GoogleGroups. Anyone is welcome to join this effort, but must be prepared to do significant work in the next month or so. You need to be able to read OA publications for licenses, copyright and related material. If you want to do, give me a mail. As soon as we get the technology working we shall do all our science in public, along the lines of JC's Open Science. P. Peter Murray-Rust Unilever Centre for Molecular Sciences Informatics University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Blueobelisk-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/blueobelisk-discuss
