Open access peer-reviewed Monograph
Keywords
- open data
- open science
- open research
- research data
- scientific data
- big data
- big science
- Science 2.0
- digital science
- open access
- data access
- data reuse
- data management
- research data management
- data mining
- metadata
- legal issues in open data
- copyright and open data
- big data
- privacy of research subjects
- confidentiality
- open data licencing
- data exemptions
- data quality
- data exclusivity
- data ownership
- data science
- e-research
- data service
- research data product
Abstract
Public science is critical to the economy and to society. However, much of the beneficial impact of scientific research only occurs when scientific knowledge is disseminated broadly and is used by others. This book examines the emerging policy, law and practice of facilitating open access to scientific research data. One particular focus is to examine the open data policies recently introduced by research funders and publishers, and the potential in these for driving the practice of open scientific data into the future.
This study identifies five major stumbling blocks to sustainable open scientific data. Firstly, it is the
In this book, it is argued that the above problems can be addressed using a staged model for open scientific data. I draw specifically on the practice with open scientific data at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) and the practice of sharing clinical trial data to argue that open data can be shared at various stages of processing and diversification. This model is supplemented by recommendations proposing changes to existing open data mandates and the introduction of a text and data mining exemption into Australian copyright law.