http://sciencecommons.org Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-173222 Science Commons » Blog Archive » Remembering Babel: Open Data Sharing & Integration Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:10 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/#comment-173222 [...] CC0, Creative Commons has chosen to take a different approach (or rather, to stick with an approach similar to the PDDL). CC0 is a way to give up controls and [...] [...] CC0, Creative Commons has chosen to take a different approach (or rather, to stick with an approach similar to the PDDL). CC0 is a way to give up controls and [...]

]]> http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-163752 Science Commons » Blog Archive » Nguyen on ‘hidden legal barriers’ to research Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:25:23 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/#comment-163752 [...] of the lesser discussed hurdles to scientific research, from materials transfer agreements to the legal implications surrounding the sharing of data and [...] [...] of the lesser discussed hurdles to scientific research, from materials transfer agreements to the legal implications surrounding the sharing of data and [...]

]]> http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-73464 Science Commons » Blog Archive » On the complexities of sharing scientific data Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:14:09 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/#comment-73464 [...] you’d like to learn more about the protocol, we encourage you to check out the FAQ or send us an email. We’re happy to answer any questions you may [...] [...] you’d like to learn more about the protocol, we encourage you to check out the FAQ or send us an email. We’re happy to answer any questions you may [...]

]]> http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-73425 …My heart’s in Accra » The complexity of sharing scientific databases Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:20:41 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/#comment-73425 [...] now recommending use of a protocol that specifies how data can be made Open Access - the FAQ on that protocol explains that the complexities of asking scientists to release their data under Creative Commons [...] [...] now recommending use of a protocol that specifies how data can be made Open Access – the FAQ on that protocol explains that the complexities of asking scientists to release their data under Creative Commons [...]

]]> http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/comment-page-1/#comment-62306 Science Commons » Blog Archive » How to free your facts Mon, 12 May 2008 20:24:18 +0000 http://sciencecommons.org/resources/faq/database-protocol/#comment-62306 [...] This problem, which we call “attribution stacking,” can saddle science with an unbearable administrative burden. It could shut down present and future sites that aggregate and federate data from many different sources. It could stifle entire fields of research that rely on summarizing, annotating, translating and integrating many different kinds and sources data. The solution: use a waiver for factual data, not a license or contract Can licensing facts create its own technological absurdities? We think it can, and it will unless we resist the impulse to license. We think the best answer is to go back to what scientists themselves have been doing for centuries: giving attribution without legal requirements. We think Congress got it right when it excluded facts and ideas from copyright protection. And we think it should stay that way, even when those facts happen to get incorporated into databases. That’s why we published the Science Commons Data Protocol and the accompanying FAQ. [...] [...] This problem, which we call “attribution stacking,” can saddle science with an unbearable administrative burden. It could shut down present and future sites that aggregate and federate data from many different sources. It could stifle entire fields of research that rely on summarizing, annotating, translating and integrating many different kinds and sources data. The solution: use a waiver for factual data, not a license or contract Can licensing facts create its own technological absurdities? We think it can, and it will unless we resist the impulse to license. We think the best answer is to go back to what scientists themselves have been doing for centuries: giving attribution without legal requirements. We think Congress got it right when it excluded facts and ideas from copyright protection. And we think it should stay that way, even when those facts happen to get incorporated into databases. That’s why we published the Science Commons Data Protocol and the accompanying FAQ. [...]

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