Open Data, like Open Source, has the Licensing Problem: what would the proper use case be for the data.
I can imagine a "transitive" open source license like GPL making any research using a paper making the research itself open. But naturally that can be avoided via plagiarism or simply using the results. -- Owen On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > While it is nice if academics are cooperative, a lot of work these days is > from big commercial interests like pharmaceutical companies. I’m thinking > of the kind of insights IBM Watson or statistical inference techniques or > might glean from proprietary datasets like from hospital (network) records > or full genome sequencing. It’s a jungle out there. Maybe it is just > hopeless to be open? > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Owen > Densmore > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 25, 2016 9:57 AM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] The State of Open Data: New Global Report Shares > Survey Findings From Researchers | LJ INFOdocket > > > > This is worth the read .. the key findings. Interesting motivations. > > -- Owen > > *Key Findings* > > · For the majority of respondents, open data is already a reality: > > o Approximately three quarters of respondents have made their research > data openly available at some point; a similar number are aware of data > sets that are open to access, reuse, repurpose and redistribute. > > o Researchers in the social sciences demonstrate the highest level of > awareness by subject area, while by geography, researchers in Asia > demonstrate the least familiarity. > > · Researchers place value on the credit they receive for making > data open: > > o Nearly 70% of researchers value as data citation as much as an > article citation. A further 10% value a data citation more than an article > citation. > > · Awareness of open data transcends age and career progression: > > o Encouragingly, Principal Investigators (PIs) and Professors > consistently responded similarly to PhD students and Post-doctoral fellows > in their awareness of open data useage. > > · Respondents admit to uncertainty and gaps in their knowledge > and are hungry for more information, perhaps one set of critical factors > that hold back progression in open data sharing > > o Of the researchers who have already made their data open, 60% of > respondents are unsure about the licensing conditions under which they have > already shared their data, and thus the extent to which it can be accessed > or reused. > > o Researchers are uncertain who will meet the costs of making data > open. > > o More than half of respondents said they would welcome more guidance > on compliance with their funder’s policy. > > · Researchers are uncertain of how to cite datasets: > > o Less than half of respondents say they are confident in how to cite > a secondary research dataset. > > · There are indications that the future will be more open: > > o Researchers who have never made data openly available are > considering doing so – of respondents who have not made any data open to > date, 44% will definitely consider doing so in the future, and a further > 46% might consider doing so. > > o Regional differences exist: North American respondents who have not > yet made data open are most likely to do so in the future; Asian > respondents are least likely to do so. > > o > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > FYI > > http://www.infodocket.com/2016/10/25/the-state-of-open- > data-new-global-report-shares-survey-findings-from-researchers/ > > =================================== > Tom Johnson - Inst. for Analytic Journalism > Santa Fe, NM > [email protected] 505-473-9646 > =================================== > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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