[BOAI] Open data in life sciences use cases?

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from  Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, via the OKFN Open-Science list.
--Peter Suber.]


 Dear all,****

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I’m interested in further developing some specific use cases where open
data (i.e. available under CC0 or equivalent terms) in journal publications
would be useful or lack of open data has been problematic – to individual
scientists/research groups, and perhaps even the original data publishers.
I’m aware of reasonable evidence of societal/economic benefits for open
data (e.g. within :
http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/279/2/JISC_data_sharing_finalreport.pdf;
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/keepingresearchdatasafe0408.pdf)
but more evidence (aside from more citations, in microarray research), or
anecdotes/cases studies in its absence, of benefits to individuals/groups
would be good. ****

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E.g. “I am scientist doing X kind of experiment and being able to reuse or
harvest all types of Y data from Z journal (or publisher) would be
excellent because…”****

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And ideally…****

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“here’s why  the current model prohibits or makes this difficult; or here’s
an example of where such an approach has been beneficial previously….****

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I’d like to include some of these use cases as part of a white paper,
currently well under way, on implementation of a variable license agreement
for open access publications enabling CC0 for data (as agreed at
http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/report_from_the_publishing_open).
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If anyone has any suggestions they would be much appreciated – and of
course acknowledged.****

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Best regards,****

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Iain****

Iain Hrynaszkiewicz
Journal Publisher

*BioMed Central*
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Skype: iainh_z****

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