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Typed into Arcturus apologies for formatting – Word=> WordPress has somehow trashed the paragraphs This post is a first outline – not even a draft – of a proposed Panton Paper on “What is Scientific Data?” The Panton Principles have … Continue reading →

Typed and scraped into Arcturus [Pedantic note: I use “data” as either a singular or plural noun according to the feel of the sentence.] This and following posts have several purposes. They are to help me get my ideas in … Continue reading →

Typed and scraped into Arcturus The following recent story in the Times Higher Educational Supplement (the “mainstream” magazine for HE in the UK) shows why we desperately need a clear basis for discussing data. I’ll comment inline, but initially just … Continue reading →

Typed into Arcturus After a period of silence on this blog (but not on the Open Knowledge Foundation lists) I hope to publish a flurry of ideas on Open Data. There is no doubt that “Open Data” has arrived and … Continue reading →

Written on a plane from Seattle toSF Arcturus I haven’t blogged for a while but there is just so much going on that I haven’t had a moment. I’m now in a plane (Alaska Air) with free wifi. (Unfortunately it’s … Continue reading →

Typed and scraped into Arcturus From what I see so far Climate Change Research involves a lot of analysis of data sets. I don’t what the ratio of actual measurement to analysis is. I don’t know how often models are … Continue reading →

Typed into Arcturus The more that I read about Climate Change Research the more I find similarities with one of the domains in which I might be called an “expert” – Chem[o]info[r]matics (the o/r are often elided). I’m on the … Continue reading →

Typed into Arcturus We have a JISC-funded project, AMI, under the Virtual Research Environment Rapid Innovation scheme and we are getting into full swing. The idea of the project is to create an “intelligent fume cupboard” [fume hood] where the … Continue reading →

Typed into Arcturus My blog on the RI meeting has been blogged at http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2010/6/15/murray-rust-on-pearce.html?currentPage=2#comments which is factual and fair. I should make it clear that I am not putting anyone on a spectrum (“sceptics”, “nice guys”, “cheats”) etc. I went … Continue reading →

Dictated and Scraped into Arcturus There have been a number of useful comments on my blog posts relating to open data in climate science. I’m conscious that I am walking into an area that I know little about and will … Continue reading →