SPARC - Open Data

rorschach break

(channelingpeter murray-rust on screens with “PMR”)

“access to this publicly funded research shouldbe a human right” - PMR

1. the literature = data

http://www.mpdl.mpg.de/nutzbed/MPG_Elsevier.pdf

http://www.mpdl.mpg.de/nutzbed/MPG_Elsevier.pdfhttp://www.mpdl.mpg.de/nutzbed/MPG_Elsevier.pdf

“publicize the contracts” - PMR

http://www.mpdl.mpg.de/nutzbed/MPG_Elsevier.pdf

“Only use CC-BY, CC0 and other BOAI-compliant licences.” - PMR

2. the data = data

not flexible enough for all users

potential for lack of interoperability

credit: jordan hatcher, OKFN

database copyleft + © copyleft = ?

“scientific data must be libre from thepoint of creation” - PMR

that means:licensestampmetadata

3. sometimes the scientists are theworst place to start

user ability to generate data eerily similar to mid-90s ability to generate copyrighted works

“Privacy is about context, social situations, and control.” - danah boyd

privacy is more complex than ownership

volunteer must check each box definitions pop up as user examivolunteer must affirm desire to consent

read more at:http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2012/ 03/13/sparc2012-a-manifesto-in- absentia-for-open-data/ short url: http://bit.ly/wzLerF

by john wilbanks