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#eres2011 So it’s great to be at eResearch Melbourne. Sitting with Alex wade and Nico Adams (we are giving a semantic workshop on Thursday). And forget about Open stuff for a while. At the get-together I’ve met many old acquaintances. … Continue reading →

I am back in Melbourne for the eResearch meeting. Nico Adams, Alex Wade and I are giving a workshop on “The Semantic Web for Physical Science”. (The bio- world is spilling over with semantic stuff and Nico has done some … Continue reading →

[Briefer than I would have liked as MSWord crashed and so did the document recovery.] I explained that I blogged everything now as Open. Imagine what I wrote and Word wiped out. This blog is mainly for my own memory. … Continue reading →

I am really excited to be at PNNL – there has been a queue of people wanting to talk about semantic data. We go over the fundamentals – if there are N ontologists in a room there are > N^2 … Continue reading →

[EBI? – Europe’s a sort of nation!] I and others have been trudging a lonely path trying to get people to think about managing their data in semantic form. Henry and I have pushed Chemical Markup Language for 17 years … Continue reading →

An interlude. PNNL guest house provides its guest with low cost rented bicycles. I had a “free” day today (though I did some thinking) and cycled about 5+5miles through Richland to Bateman Island. But first, here is my bike: Perceptive … Continue reading →

#oss2011 @okfn #oaweek After my talk at OSS I published two posts on the value of Open Access – I used challenging language which has upset several people but seems to find a chord with others. The discussion has taken … Continue reading →

#oaweek Well Wiley has just proudly announced its first Open Access Journals http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/view/journals.html. They’re not cheap for author-side fees (Brain and Behaviour == 2500 USD – higher than the others – presumably it’s easier to tap brain researchers for money). … Continue reading →

#oaweek For me the primary concern in scholarly publishing is who do I – and maybe you – trust? This blog will give some personal thoughts and probably upset some, but it shows my thoughts. If I am getting windows … Continue reading →

[the purpose of this mail is to work out my thoughts, test that I can blog from PNNL, let people know I am still alive, and tell the world what I am doing and will do.] I’m spending 9 days … Continue reading →