Open Data Publishing
An overview of open data for data publishers including information on database rights, best practices and added data to Wikidata.
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No Hack Needed: Anonymisation Beaten With a Dash of SQL
Melbourne researchers warn government: don't publish data down to the individual, ever.
Engaging Researchers with Good Data Management: Perspectives from Engaged Individuals
Engaging Researchers with Good Data Management: Perspectives from Engaged Individuals
On the need to recognise good practice, engage researchers early in their career with research data management and use peers to talk to those who are not ‘onboard’.
Knowledge Exchange Report: About Federated Research Data Infrastructures (FRDI)
Knowledge Exchange Report: About Federated Research Data Infrastructures (FRDI)
The latest report of the Knowledge Exchange initiative presents an overview and a synthesis of the evolving landscape of "Federated Research Data Infrastructures".
Busting Text Data Mining Myths & Misunderstandings
A broad TDM Exception is important for everyone (not just researchers), would boost Europe’s economy and doesn’t mean that publishers would lose money.
Science's Data Secrecy Problem
A surprising amount of publicly funded research data stays private. How could that change?
Text and Data Mining with allofPLOS
Text and data mining made easy with the allofPLOS project. Parsing tools together with the entire corpus of PLOS research articles for download.
Open Data Champions Launches
Launching the next iteration of the SPARC Europe Open Access Champion program with the debut of our Open Data Champions.
The Research Nexus - Better Research Through Better Metadata
Linking associated research outputs.
Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research
Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research
Investigating the implementation of data management and sharing requirements within development research projects.
Public Money, Public Code: Show Your Support For Free Software in Europe
Public Money, Public Code is a campaign of the Free Software Foundation Europe that seeks to transform that ideal into European law.
Idea Farming for Open Science: Sharing Wider Scientific Outputs Will Stimulate Ideas, Discoveries and Outcomes
Idea Farming for Open Science: Sharing Wider Scientific Outputs Will Stimulate Ideas, Discoveries and Outcomes
Ideas and data can interact, and our work can certainly benefit from the bad ideas that, in the short-term, do not seem to directly benefit discovery.
Collaboration and Concerted Action Are Key to Making Open Data a Reality
Collaboration and Concerted Action Are Key to Making Open Data a Reality
How to make widespread open data a reality.
Share Your Data
An analysis of a collection of open-access datasets quantifies their benefit to the scientific community.
The State of Open Data Report 2017
Figshare's annual report shows that open data has become more embedded in the research community: 82% of survey respondents are aware of open data sets and more researchers are curating their data for sharing.
JATS4R: Optimizing the Reusability of Scholarly Content
Canadian Science Publishing's Mary Seligy provides a primer on standards, XML and JATS4R, which is driving improved reusability of scholarly content.
How Does One "Open" Science?
3 case studies that highlight the challenges surrounding decisions about how––and how best––to make things open.
(Re)usable Data Project
Looking at some of the issues around the reuse of scientific data and open a conversation about how to deal with them.
If These Data Could Talk
Data-driven methods have come to dominate many scientific fields, but many fields exhibit distressingly low rates of reproducibility.
These Heroes Are Rescuing Our Government’s Data
After a post-election frenzy to save government data, open-access advocates are refocusing their energies toward a long-term strategy.
Who Will Use the Open Data?
Data labs, and the scant motivations for sharing data in basic science.
How to Share Data for Collaboration
Guidelines for active and efficient data sharing between those generating data and those analyzing it.
Support from Swiss Funder
SNSF grant-holders may deposit their scientific data in any recognized digital archive (commercial or not) that meets the FAIR principles.
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