Category Archives: open issues

Remixing Open Data and the cost of not doing so

Posted on May 27, 2007 by pm286

Welcome to a new blog (Research Remix)  from Heather Piwowar, currently doing her PhD in Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. Heather is encountering first-hand the difficulty of doing her research because of the problem of getting access to … Continue reading →

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Sued for 10 Data Points

Posted on May 24, 2007 by pm286

Peter Suber has blogged about an important discussion on Wiley’s action is threatening legal action for reproducing a data graph from a publication. (there’s quite a bit to read if you follow the links but it’s worth it.) Also read … Continue reading →

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Linked Open Data

Posted on May 23, 2007 by pm286

This is one of the key issues for me at present:. Paul Miller (Talis) – who with his colleagues is constantly working towards a community license – writes (Linked Data the real Semantic Web ?): It has been interesting to … Continue reading →

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Bioclipse and the Information Revolution

Posted on May 20, 2007 by pm286

I have been honoured to have been asked to talk at the 07.05.23 Embrace Workshop on Bioclipse 2007 (EWB 07), BMC, Uppsala … meeting next week in Sweden. This post explains why Bioclipse is so important (it goes beyond bio/chem) … Continue reading →

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Audible Open Data at WWW2007

Posted on May 19, 2007 by pm286

Danny Ayers who ran the developers track at WWW2007 recorded our Open Data session. Some presentations had slides and especially Steve Coast and I used animated/interactive material but I think the ideas come across. The Q&A had a lot of … Continue reading →

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Open Publishing – SPARC and Science Commons

Posted on May 17, 2007 by pm286

Peter Suber highlighted the joint initiative of SPARC and Science Commons (a “spin-off” of Creative Commons and W3C) in creating an addendum that allows authors to state what THEY would like done with their publications. The Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Mass Extinction with OpenData

Posted on May 17, 2007 by pm286

A very impressive talk yesterday by Gavin Starks about the challenge of Climate Change. If you ever have the chance to hear or meet him, do. The talk has been blogged by the indefatigable Talis/Nodalities (Paull Miller and (in this … Continue reading →

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XTech2007 and Open Data

Posted on May 13, 2007 by pm286

I had got lazy about tagging my posts until Brian Kelly gently reporoached me for not adding “WWW2007” as a tag. The point is that Technorati and other engines index the tags and you can search on them. (What, you … Continue reading →

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WWW2007 postscript

Posted on May 13, 2007 by pm286

I am delighted that I had the chance to go to WWW2007 – at one stage I’d wondered whether there would be anything of interest other than the session I was in (Open Data). Or that I would know anyone… … Continue reading →

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WWW 2007 Presentation

Posted on May 10, 2007 by pm286

[This is roughly my presentation for the meeting, with conclusions. I may edit it during the day so early feed readers will have captured early versions] The presentation concentrates on science, but applies to all scholarly journals. Addresses copyright and … Continue reading →

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