The document discusses the initiative led by Amy Kenall to clarify research contributorship through digital badges. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing diverse contributions beyond traditional authorship credit and outlines a prototype in development with stakeholder feedback. Resources and contact information for further involvement are also provided.

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@AmyeKenall
Development Manager, Open Data
BioMed Central
Clarifying Contributorship
through Digital Badges
Force 2015, Oxford

2. What’s the problem?
Recognising the various ways in which
researchers contribute to a study.

4. Not just Credit…
Transparency in authorship.

5. Beyond Open Access
Redefining “open”

7. Digital
Credentials

8. Not Just an Image!

12. Who is involved?

14. Where we’re at
• MozFest and GitHub Repo
• Prototype to be built this year
• Key stakeholder feedback and
community

15. How will this work?

16. Get Involved
Take a look at the Open Contributorship
Badges planning GitHub repo:
https://github.com/mozillascience/Pa
perBadger/issues/2
Read More
• http://mozillascience.org/contributorship-
badges-a-new-project/
• http://www.nature.com/news/publishing-credit-
where-credit-is-due-1.15033
• http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-
community/2014/11/could-digital-badges-clarify-
roles-co-authors

17. Questions?
Amye Kenall
Development Manager (Open Data), BioMed Central
@AmyeKenall (also @OpenDataBMC)
amye.kenall@biomedcentral.com