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[See Update 2014-02-10 at end] I have sent the following letter to Philip Campbell, Editor of Nature: Dear Philip, I am writing to you to protest against your biased reporting of Text And Data Mining in Nature News (part of … Continue reading →

I am systematically going through Elsevier’s terms and conditions for content mining (TDM) see /pmr/2014/02/06/elseviers-tdm-terms-tac-can-they-force-us-to-copyright-data-2/ and previous. In this I look at what I must sign up for. The term “Dataset” appears to refer to Elsevier’s collection of papers (probably … Continue reading →

I am continuing with my analysis of Elsevier’s terms and Conditions that researchers must use to carry out content-mining. The first post urged you to stop and think /pmr/2014/02/06/content-mining-elseviers-tdm-why-researchers-and-libraries-should-think-very-carefully-and-then-not-sign-1/ (I hope you haven’t already signed). This post suggest that what … Continue reading →

Elsevier have posted their terms and conditions for content-mining (TDM). See http://www.developers.elsevier.com/cms/content/text-and-data-mining-service-agreement (I think you can only see the agreement if your institution subscribes). I don’t know whether I am allowed to post the TaC without permission but I am … Continue reading →

I am an active advocate for #openaccess and #opendata. I was recently asked on Twitter “how many closed access publications have you authored?” and I replied “none in the last five years.” I was then challenged about one recent paper … Continue reading →

Elsevier has replied to my last blog post on their Content Mining (TDM) facility and regulations. I am going to critique these – mainly for the benefit of Universities and policy makers/funders who might think it is a step forward. … Continue reading →

In the last few days Elsevier has announced their policy on Text And Data Mining (TDM). I use the term “content mining” as I wish to mine every part of published content (images, audio, video) and not just text. The … Continue reading →

I have just signed a petition on Net Neutrality; written to the MEP/Rapporteur for the ITRE process; and written to my MEPs. Ten years ago that would have taken me all day. Now it takes under half an hour. Some … Continue reading →

Today I presented Saulius Gražulis with a Blue Obelisk for his, and his colleagues’ , work on making Crystallography Open for everyone through the Crystallography Open Database (COD). The http://www.blueobelisk.org is a very loose collaboration of people who work together … Continue reading →

I have been in Vilnius LT for nearly two weeks. I had hoped to blog every day, but have failed to do so once. This is because we are working flat out on developing Open Crystallography (for “small molecules” – … Continue reading →