More than Open Data mandates: a staged model for achieving Open Access to scientific data
Thesis
Lipton, Vera Jane. (2018). More than Open Data mandates: a staged model for achieving Open Access to scientific data [Thesis]. https://doi.org/10.26199/5c91955a97a09
Authors | Lipton, Vera Jane |
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Qualification name | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) |
Abstract | Public science is critical to the economy and to society. However, much of the beneficial impact of scientific research only occurs when scientific knowledge is disseminated broadly and is used by others. This thesis examines the emerging policy, law, and practice of facilitating open access to scientific research data. One particular focus is to examine the open data policies recently introduced by research funders and publishers, and the potential in these for driving the practice of open scientific data into the future. This thesis identifies five major stumbling blocks to sustainable open scientific data. Firstly, the prevailing ‘mindset’ that facilitating open access to data is analogous to facilitating open access to publications and, therefore, research data can easily be shared, with research funders and librarians effectively leading the process. Secondly, the unclear meaning of the term ‘data’, which causes confusion among stakeholders. Thirdly, ‘misunderstood incentives’ for data sharing and the additional inputs required from researchers. Fourthly, ‘data privacy’—an issue that only applies to selected research datasets, and yet appears to dominate the discussion about open research data. Finally, there is ‘copyright law’, which poses challenges at different stages of data release and reuse. In this thesis, I argue that the above problems can be addressed using a staged model for open scientific data. I draw specifically on the practice with open scientific data at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) and the practice of sharing clinical trial data to argue that open data can be shared at various stages of processing and diversification. This model is supplemented by recommendations proposing changes to existing open data mandates and the introduction of a text and data mining exemption into Australian copyright law. |
Keywords | open data; open science; open research; research data; scientific data; data science |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Australian Catholic University |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.26199/5c91955a97a09 |
Research Group | Thomas More Law School |
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Publication dates | 01 Jun 2018 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/884x1/more-than-open-data-mandates-a-staged-model-for-achieving-open-access-to-scientific-data
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