This document discusses open science and the role of OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation) in supporting open science. It notes that open science allows for broad data sharing across disciplines and open verification of research results. Funding agencies are increasingly requiring open science as part of research grants. OSGeo supports open geospatial technologies and ensures their long-term maintenance through community software projects. It has established criteria to evaluate software projects and designate them as official OSGeo projects. OSGeo has supported many open source geospatial projects over its 10+ year history.

1. Peter Löwe
TM9
Open Source Scientific Software
for Open Science
hosted by OSGeo

2. Great Debate today:
Is Open Science the way to go?
• “Open access to research data will allow broad usage of data
across disciplines.”
• “Open Science will also allow open verification of research
results.”
• “Open Science is the general move towards open access to
research results funded with public money."
• “… funding agencies are including Open Science as a
requirement in their grants...”
15:30 hours Room E1

3. Yesterday at : Open Science
Clinique

4. Open Science
Blue sky view:
• Reliable
• Transparent
• Long lasting
• Trusted
• Good
investment

5. Open Science
Reliable
interconnections
between the pilars
necessary to ensure
convergence.

6. OSGeo: An integral part of Open Science

7. Why bother ?
How to make the most out of your scientific software
Reality check:
„Publishing“ scientific software
on Repositories
like Github or Zenodo …

8. Why bother ?
How to make the most out of your scientific software
Reality check:
„Publishing“ scientific software
on Repositories
like Github or Zenodo …
Does not suffice to enusre
its long term use and maintenance
(unless you do it all by yourself)

9. Why bother ?
How to make the most out of your scientific software
Reality check:
„Publishing“ scientific software
on Repositories
like Github or Zenodo …
Does not suffice to enusre
its long term use and maintenance
(unless you do it all by yourself)
Community
Software
Projects !

10. Open Source Infrastructure
“Software infrastructure, like physical infrastructure,
requires maintenance.
But nobody is pushed to sustain it
as it is a public good…”
[Nadia Eghbal ]

11. Introducing OSGeo
• to support and promote the collaborative development of
open geospatial technologies and data
• independent legal entity to which community members can contribute
code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their
• contributions will be maintained for public benefit
• Non-profit non-governmental organization
• established in 2006

12. OSGeo: Seal of Approval for Community
Software Projects
OSGeo has defined a procedure to evaluate the quality of a software and
label to the quality ones (OSGeo project):
1. Define criteria
2. Verify all criteria are satisfied (incubation)
3. Assign the OSGeo project label (graduation)
OSGeo, your Open Source compass:
Criteria are not measured and weighting is never applied

13. 10 years of incubation (@ Jan 2017)
7 still incubatingaverage of
~2 years
for graduating
23 graduated projects

14. OSGeo: Software Projects

15. OSGeo Outreach:
Open Source Geospatial in Education

16. OSGeo: People

17. OSGeo Projects: The OSGeo Life bundle
https://live.osgeo.org/de/
https://live.osgeo.org/de/metrics.html

18. OSGeo Live Developer Team

19. OSGeo projects are interconnected
Source: http://steko.iosa.it/2013/11/the-osgeo-umbrella/

21. Open Science for EGU Early Career Scientists ?

22. „Umbrella Culture“ enabling informed decisions
and Open Science

23. OSGeo Organisation

24. Open Geoscience activities
• OpenGeoscience Committee
Outreach activities with the EGU and AGU: Townhalls, Early
Career Scientists, [more to come]
• Open Monitoring Systems Working Group
Collaborative working group to share experience on open
monitoring systems for in-situ earth observations with the aim
of advancing beyond the state-of-the-art in various involved
scientific fields.

25. Thanks for listening.
Have a great EGU !
http://2017.foss4g.org/
August 14-19, 2017