The document discusses emerging models for digital commons, which are digital data and information from publicly-funded sources made freely available online. It describes existing models like open-source software, open data repositories, and open access journals. Digital commons provide benefits like facilitating knowledge sharing globally and avoiding duplication. However, barriers include developing policies and incentives to support different commons models while balancing other values like intellectual property.

1. Emerging Institutional Paradigms for the Digital Commons Symposium on Common Use Licensing of Scientific Data and Publications Academia Sinica, Taipei 27 March 2009 by Paul F. Uhlir Director, Board on Research Data and Information The National Academies Washington, DC USA [email_address]

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8. Emerging Institutional Paradigms for the Digital Commons