Monthly Archives: September 2007

blogs, folksonomies and tagging – get going!

Posted on September 22, 2007 by pm286

At the recent “Berlin 5” meeting on Open Access I noted sadly that I was the only person blogging the meeting. Normally there are many bloggers at the meetings I go to so I (and everyone else) can choose what … Continue reading →

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berlin5: final thoughts

Posted on September 22, 2007 by pm286

Some final thoughts on the berlin-5 meeting on Open Access in Padova – I have spent more blog time than I thought and I am probably driving any chemical/software readers up the wall. This should be the last post with … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Alma Swan

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

The final keynote by Alma Swan, familiar to all in the OA field. How are we doing? (Alma does a lot of surveys, interviews questionnaires, etc.) We are getting definition creep. There should be no qualification of OA – it’s … Continue reading →

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TOPAZ and CLADDIER

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

Hopefully of great interest to those of us looking at self-publishing, Open Notebooks, etc. Deepak Singh: A publication and a publication framework When PLoS One was first announced, one of the first things that caught my eye was the fact … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : NIH and RCUK

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

NIH has an open policy since 1994. Barbar Seto presented an example, GWAS which has to deal with human subjects. How to make data Open, while protecting identity? NIH serves as central data repository, including: Genome-wide acssociation study (GWAS), Genbank, … Continue reading →

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berlin5: Open Data and institutional repositories

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

John Marks (ESF) introduced our session and set the scene on the need for Open Data and sharing. He stated strongly that it was essential that we had discipline-specific repositories for different branches of science. I share this view and … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Maxine Clarke

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

Maxine is presenting Nature’s practice and philosophy on data. (Hope I capture this OK – there is a lot or material) In the early 1990’s they introduced Supplementary Info (SI). 2007 they have fully integrated online methods. SI is largely … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : what did I say?

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

I am very grateful to Berlin5 and the ESF (European Science Foundation) for inviting me to speak on “Open Data”. In giving talks like this I don’t prepare a linear set of Powerpoint (which I despise technically and philosophically) but … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : Ilaria Capua's bravery

Posted on September 21, 2007 by pm286

A stunning presentation from Ilaria Capua on the necessity of releasing sequence information relating to avian flu. There’s lot’s ocoverage on the web – here’s one and a snippet: After Capua took over, IZSVe became Italy’s reference lab for bird … Continue reading →

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berlin5 : how to progress Open Data?

Posted on September 20, 2007 by pm286

I’m putting together some ideas for my talk tomorrow – probably about 25-30 minutes. It’s sometimes useful to set them out in the blog beforehand so I can refer to it as well as the slides. The audience is roughly: … Continue reading →

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