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I am delighted that Klaus Graf – a fervent and consistent supporter of strongOA – has replied at some length to my question on what is strongOA. If we do not address this question now then we shall lose most … Continue reading →

Wolgang Robien has nicely solved the puzzle of the inconsistency in the formula and molecular mass of the chloromethyl methyl ether: Wolfgang Robien Says: April 30th, 2008 at 4:25 pm eWhat you read as ‘Cl’ (=chlorine) – because you expect … Continue reading →

In previous posts (see links in Why weakOA and strongOA are so important) I have welcomed the Suber-Harnad approach to OA, labelling obejcts either as “strong OA” or “weak OA”. In this post I want to explore what strong OA … Continue reading →

Yesterday Peter Suber and Stevan Harnad announced (Strong and weak OA) a critically important step forward in OA – that the terms “weak OA” and “strong OA” should be used to describe various approaches, philosophies, practices. I reported this (Weak … Continue reading →

Peter Suber (and Stevan Harnad) have just published a very important announcement about the definition of various types of OA. I’ve known about it for some days and have been waiting till it’s public. I’ll copy it in full and … Continue reading →

In a recent comment Chris Rusbridge asks: April 29th, 2008 at 4:47 pm e I’ve been thinking about a blog post related to your hamburger rants. But the more I try to think it through, the murkier it gets. Is … Continue reading →

On Wednesday the Open Knowledge Foundation is holding the First Open Knowledge London Meetup on Wednesday 30th April The first Open Knowledge London meetup will take place this Wednesday at the London Knowledge Lab. The meetup should be great opportunity … Continue reading →

We’re in the process of aggregating a repository of common chemicals (somewhere in the range 1000-10000 entries) and we are taking data from various publicly available web sites. Typical sources are Wikipedia, any aggregator with Open Data policies and MSDS … Continue reading →

In a reply to a recent post Rich Apodaca made the point that Open Access (Open Data) will require business models: Rich Apodaca Says: April 28th, 2008 at 1:38 am e By identifying and executing the right business model, the … Continue reading →