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Data Together: Fostering Cooperation Among Open Science Platforms

Data Together: Fostering Cooperation Among Open Science Platforms

Collectively referred to as Data Together, the four collaborating international data organisations-CODATA, GO FAIR, RDA, WDS-have a joint commitment to work together to optimise the global research data ecosystem and to identify opportunities that will trigger federated infrastructures to service the new reality of data-driven science.

Universities Unite for Consistency in Research Data Management

Universities Unite for Consistency in Research Data Management

In an outstanding collaborative success, 25 of Australia’s 42 universities are coming together to develop a framework to bring consistency to the management of research data across the university sector.

Wikidata and Open Science: a Model for Open Data Work

Wikidata and Open Science: a Model for Open Data Work

Wikidata is a language-independent factual database belonging to the Wikimedia family which includes the particularly well-known Wikipedia. In an interview, Timo Borst explains the dimensions and particular significance of this database, especially in the context of Open Science.

COVID-19 Data Portal - Accelerating Scientific Research Through Data

COVID-19 Data Portal - Accelerating Scientific Research Through Data

We need open data, especially open SARS-CoV-2 sequence data, and open science to beat COVID-19 and to prepare for future outbreaks.

Launching the Net Zero Challenge: a Global Pitch Competition About Using Open Data for Climate Action

Launching the Net Zero Challenge: a Global Pitch Competition About Using Open Data for Climate Action

Open Knowledge Foundation is excited to launch the Net Zero Challenge, a global pitch competition about using open data for climate action. 

NISO's Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions Now Published

NISO's Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions Now Published

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announces the publication of its Recommended Practice on Reproducibility Badging and Definitions. This new Recommended Practice provides a set of recognition standards that can be deployed across scholarly publishing outputs to easily recognize and reward the sharing of data and methods.

ELife and COVID-19: Data Deposition Required for All C19 Rapid Review Publishers

ELife and COVID-19: Data Deposition Required for All C19 Rapid Review Publishers

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of sharing data openly to improve the discoverability and reusability of new results.

New Public Data File: 120+ Million Metadata Records

New Public Data File: 120+ Million Metadata Records

2020 wasn't all bad. In April of last year, we released our first public data file. Though Crossref metadata is always openly available--and our board recently cemented this by voting to adopt the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)--we've decided to release an updated file.

From FAIR Leading Practices to FAIR Implementation and Back: An Inclusive Approach to FAIR at Leiden University Libraries

From FAIR Leading Practices to FAIR Implementation and Back: An Inclusive Approach to FAIR at Leiden University Libraries

Paper describe how LU builds up its support for FAIR data before, during and after research through its involvement in leading practices, training and consultancy and end with recommendations for other universities wanting to implement the FAIR principles.

Science Publishing Has Opened Up During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It Won't Be Easy to Keep It That Way

Science Publishing Has Opened Up During the Coronavirus Pandemic. It Won't Be Easy to Keep It That Way

Scientists and science publishers are sharing information as fast as they can during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speed and openness bring new challenges, but they are the way forward for research.

Why Openly Available Abstracts Are Important 

Why Openly Available Abstracts Are Important 

The value of open and interoperable metadata of scientific articles is increasingly being recognized, as demonstrated by the work of several organizations, funding agencies, and initiatives.

Seven Recommendations for Implementation of FAIR Practice - Draft for Consultation

Seven Recommendations for Implementation of FAIR Practice - Draft for Consultation

How to move from FAIR principles to FAIR practice? During the past year, the FAIR practice task force under the umbrella of the EOSC FAIR Working Group has been gathering its understanding of the current state of FAIR practices across diverse communities, and making recommendations aimed primarily at research funders and policymakers on how to ensure that "FAIR" provides maximum value in the European Open Science Cloud.

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Virtual Event Awards

Code for Science & Society aim to improve access to open data science practices and tools and support communities in open data science to grow sustainably and inclusively.