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4-nation action program for research data: "A
Surfboard fo
Some CNI-readers will recall a 2010 European Union report titled
"Riding the Wave"that looked at high-level research data
management issues. This week, the Knowledge Exchange, a 4-nation
collaboration (Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United
Kingdom) issed a response to this titled "A Surfboard for Riding
the Wave -- Towards a four country action programme on research
data". I attach full details from the Knowledge Exchange press
release below. The report is at
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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PRESS RELEASE
15 November 2011
Action plan on making research data
accessible
Knowledge Exchange publishes the report "A
Surfboard for Riding the Wave - Towards a four country action
programme on research data"
The report not only offers an overview of the
present activities and challenges in the field of research data in
Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom but also
outlines an action programme for the four countries in realising a
collaborative data infrastructure. This report is a response to the
Riding the Wave report which was published by the High Level Expert
Group on Scientific Data. It was commissioned by the Knowledge
Exchange Primary Research Data Working group and was written by Leo
Waaijers and Maurits van der Graaff.
In the report four key drivers are addressed:
incentives for researchers, training in relation to researchers in
their role as data producers and users of information infrastructure,
organisational and technical infrastructure and, finally, the funding
of the infrastructure. The report offers recommendations for actions
in each of these fields for the partners and others, not only in the
four partner countries, but also beyond these borders.
Based on the overview of the present situation in
the four Knowledge Exchange partner countries, the report formulates
three long-term strategic goals:
1. Data sharing will be part
of the academic culture
2. Data logistics will be an
integral component of academic professional life
3. Data infrastructure will
be sound, both operationally and financially.
Robert Madelin, the director general of
Information Society and Media at the European Commission remarked on
the report: "The report is a very timely input. The European
Commission is working on the foundations for an Open Data Strategy for
Europe which will be very soon communicated to EU Member States and
the European Parliament. It is extremely useful to have with this
report not only an overview of what is taking place in four European
countries, but of possible actions for the future taking into account
the importance of open data for the European economy and
society."
The report is presented today at the Knowledge
Exchange workshop "Research Data Management - Activities and
Challenges" in Bonn.
The report is available for download
at:
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