[Insight-users] IMAGINE... "THE INSIGH"

[Luis Ibanez]

IMAGINE:



     Imagine a world where funding agencies require
     investigators to share the software they develop
     as part of public funded research projects.


http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/NIHGPS_Part7.htm#_Toc54600131

"It is NIH policy that the results and accomplishments of the activities
  that it funds should be made available to the public. PIs and grantee
  organizations are expected to make the results and accomplishments of
  their activities available to the research community and to the public
  at large."

"Investigators conducting biomedical research frequently develop unique
  research resources. Categories of these resources include synthetic
  compounds, organisms, cell lines, viruses, cell products... <snip>
  ... and *intellectual property, such as computer programs*.

  NIH considers the sharing of such unique research resources (also
  called research tools) an important means to enhance the value of
  NIH-sponsored research. Restricting the availability of unique
  resources can impede the advancement of further research. Therefore,
  when these resources developed with NIH funds and the associated
  research findings have been published or after they have been provided
  to NIH, it is important that they be made readily available for
  research purposes to qualified individuals within the scientific
  community."




IMAGINE:


     Imagine an Open Access Journal where you could publish your code,
     data and documents online in less than 24 hours. Where the code
     will be compiled, tested and the output will be verified using the
     submitted data.



     Imagine...