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Open Scientific Data
Richard Akerman
Geospatial Advancement Canada
March 3, 2014
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Open
The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes, subject to the terms below.
You are free to:• Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or
otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose.
http://data.gc.ca/eng/open-government-licence-canada
http://www.flickr.com/photos/notbrucelee/8016200072/
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2013 - G8 Science Ministers
“To the greatest extent and with the fewest constraints possible publicly funded scientific research data should be open”
http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/science/130613-science.html
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2014 - Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
“promote the free and open access to Earth observing data and information for the benefit of society” – John Kerry, US Secretary of State
“Open government data is important for democratic governance and supports innovation, business creation and efficiency.” - Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Director of NIST, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology
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GeoGratis & data.gc.ca
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Open x 3
• Open Access• Scientific journal literature
• Open Government• Processes and information within government
• Open Science• Entire scientific process
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Open scientific data online and offline
• Challenges of storing, sharing and citing datasets• Linking data to publications
• Connecting open data to software developer and civil society communities
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Problem
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_goddard/8658706340/
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Storing
• Someone has to pay. Forever.• The location has to be resolvable. Forever.
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Sharing
• Canadian Open Government License• CC0 “Creative Commons Zero”• CC-BY “Attribution”
• More information in Dr. Theresa Scassa’s sessionOpen Government: Intellectual Property And Other Considerations Wednesday at noon
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Citing: Problem
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Citing
• Unique identifier• DataCite
• DataCite Canada
• DOI• e.g.
DOI: 10.5194/essd-3-1-2011 (paper)DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.737668 (data)DOI: 10.5443/1643 (data)
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Connecting: Software Developers
• machine-readable files ideally with well-supported software libraries for parsing the format(s)
• well-documented API• open license
• support & use platforms that provide the above
• hackathons to bring domain experts together with software developers
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http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/blog/posting.asp?ID=1035
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http://mikepacione.tumblr.com/post/77509854564/drinking-stats-per-capita-by-province-and-sex
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Connecting: Civil Society
• plain-language explanations• intermediary tools
• visualization (mapping)• analysis
• intermediary experts• community groups• universities
• meetups, Open Data Day, speed dating
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To be continued...
• Deena Yanofsky will talk more about this at 1:40 inThe Nature And Future Of “Open Data”
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Richard Akerman
@scilib
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