EnablingaTDM-FriendlyResearchEnvironment
Heather Joseph Executive Director, SPARC
ICSTI Annual Meeting ITOC Workshop
February 20, 2016
ResearchisDigital.
ScienceandScholarship
Byresearchoutputs,wemean:DigitalArCclesandDigitalData
Wedoresearchinordertogeneratenewideas,uncovernewdiscoveries,andenhanceourcollecCveunderstandingoftheworldandourinteracCons
withit.
Thiscanonlyhappenifwecanfreelyaccessandfullyusethese
outputs.
Workingtheoryisthatpoliciesthatencourageopenaccesstoalloftheresultsofthisresearchwill
accelerateandsignificantlyimprovetheseoutcomes.
Shouldbesimple,right?Well–notsomuch.
Wecurrentlyhavetwoverydifferentsetsofrulesgoverning
accessanduseofresearcharCclesanddata.
TrendTowardsOpenPolicies
Re-seMngthebaselineassumpCon:
Making“open”thedefaultModeforresearchresults.
Early2000’s–ScaSeredmovementbegantowardsrequiringopen
accessmainlytoarCcles:leadbyfunders(WellcomeTrust,
NIH,HHMI,etc.)
2009:U.S.OpenGovernment
DirecCve
Broad,aspiraConaldirecCve;laidoutnewexpectaConsfor
opennessandtransparencyinallgovernmentacCviCes,andoutputs–includinginformaConanddata.
2013:Milestoneyearforopenpolicies…
WhiteHouseissuesOpenDataExecuCveOrder,Making
“OpenandMachineReadable”thedefaultforalldata.
..AndHoninginonResearchOutputs…
WhiteHouseOSTPPublicAccessDirecCve
EuropeanCommissionHorizon2020Policy
Bothwerenew,largescalerequirementsforU.S.-andEU-Fundedresearcherstomake
arCclesanddataresulCngfromtheirworkopenbydefault.
Greatprogress–butsCllonlyafirststeptowardstrulyenablingan
openresearchenvironment.
HowOpenis“Open”(really)inthesepolicies?
OpenAccesstoresearchresults=free,immediateavailability+full
unrestrictedreuserights…
• ArCclescanbemadeavailablewithupto12-monthdelay.
• Noexplicitrequirementforspecificreuselicense(forarCclesordata)
…Butinbothofthesepolicydocs:
ECHorizon2020:
“Takemeasurestomakeitpossibletoaccess,mine,exploit,reproduceanddisseminate(outputs)freeof
charge”
WhiteHouseDirec6ve:
“Ensurethatthepubliccaneasilyread,download,andanalyze(outputs)indigitalform”
Intentisclear-nowspecifictermsandcondiConsmustberefinedto
trulygettoopen.
ForAr6cles:ZeroEmbargo+CCBYlicense
ForData:ZeroEmbargo+CC0license*
*That’stheideal.ButWeknowthattherealityisthathomogenouspolicyforALLdataisnotgoingtohappen...
“Asopenaspossible,asclosedasnecessary…”
EuropeanCommission
However:Forthesubsetofdataunderlyingapaper(i.e.,neededtoreproducetheresult)–thiskindofpolicyisbothpossibleandnecessary.
AsofFebruary2016:DrajpoliciesforaccesstoresearcharCclesanddatafrom14ofthe19U.S.agenciescoveredbyDirecCve
havenowbeenreleased.
AllhaveSettheDefaulttoOpenRequiringDataManagementPlansatfundingproposalstage;anddeposiConofarCclesatCmeof
acceptance/publicaCon.
ManyrequestthatthedataunderlyingarCclestobemadeavailableuponpublicaConof
arCcle-noteitmayulCmatelyberequired.
Suppor6ngReproducibility/Reuse
BUT:nonehaveadequatelyaddressedtheissueofeffecCvelyenablingproducCvereuseof
arCclesanddata.
Thisshouldnotbeaburdenlejtoindividualresearcherstodealwithonacasebycasebases.Weneed
clearpolicyparameters.
Thisisnowapolicypriority.
ImportantfortheresearchcommunitytoweighinandtohelpdefineparametersyouneedforeffecCveresearchenvironment.
Therearelotsofwaystodothis.
HagueDeclaraCon
BestpossiblewaytocontributetopolicydevelopmentistobeabletoclearlyarCculatetheenvironmentyouneedtobeabletodoresearchthewayyouneed–andwant-to.
Thanks!