The document discusses the benefits of open science and sharing research beyond just source code. It argues that open science allows research to be reproduced, bugs to be found and fixed, software and findings to be extended. When code, literature, discussions, and lab notebooks are shared openly and linked together, it builds community and networks that scale science exponentially by enabling faster, better research with broader impact.

1. My experiment with open science: taking the
benefits of sharing beyond source code
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UC Davis
June 30, 2010
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2. Why Open Source?
Reproduce
Research
Find & Fix Bugs
Extend: New
Software
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3. Share
Link Data
Link People
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4. Code
Literature
Discussions
Lab Notebook
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5. Share
Open Source Licenses
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6. Link Data
Version Manage
Search
Community documentation, bug tracking,
usage statistics etc
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7. Link People
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8. Literature
Share
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9. Link Data
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10. Link People
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11. Discussion
Share
Link Data
Link People
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12. Notebook
Share
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13. Link Data
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14. Link People
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15. Conclusions
Faster, Better, Broader Impact
Exponentially growing science: need solutions that scale
Building networks, building community
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