[Insight-users] Data Sharing : Specials : Nature News

[Luis Ibanez]

   http://www.nature.com/news/specials/datasharing/index.html


"Sharing data is good. But sharing your own data? That can get
complicated. As two research communities who held meetings in May on the
issue report their proposals to promote data sharing in biology, a
special issue of Nature examines the cultural and technical hurdles that
can get in the way of good intentions."


Editorial

o Data's shameful neglect
o Research cannot flourish if data are not preserved and
   made accessible. All concerned must act accordingly.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/full/461145a.html


Feature

o Data sharing: Empty archives
o Most researchers agree that open access to data is the scientific
   ideal, so what is stopping it happening? Bryn Nelson investigates
   why many researchers choose not to share.
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090909/full/461160a.html

Opinion
o
+ Prepublication data sharing
+ Rapid release of prepublication data has served the field of
   genomics well. Attendees at a workshop in Toronto recommend
   extending the practice to other biological data sets.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/full/461168a.html

o
+ Post-publication sharing of data and tools
+ Despite existing guidelines on access to data and bioresources,
   good practice is not widespread. A meeting of mouse researchers
   in Rome proposes ways to promote a culture of sharing.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/full/461171a.html


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Thanks to David Kennedy for bringing attention to
this issue of Nature in the NITRC forum.
http://www.nitrc.org/forum/message.php?msg_id=1662