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PAPERBACK list:$44.00 Web:$39.60 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF FORMAT Display this book on your site! Related Titles Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China: Summary of a Workshop Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Proceedings of a Symposium Other Related Titles Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium (2004) Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 95   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. SESSION 5: INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR PUBLIC-DOMAIN PRODUCTION OF AND OPEN ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DATA AND INFORMATION Page 95 Front Matter (R1-R12) Introduction 1 Welcome by CODATA President (1-4) 2 Introduction by Symposium Chair (5-6) 3 UNESCO s Approach to Open-Access and Public-Domain Information (7-9) 4 Science Communication and Public Policy (10-14) Session 1: Legal, Economic, and Technological Framework for Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science 5 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair (15-18) 6 Overview of Legal Aspects in the European Union (19-23) 7 Database Protection in Countries of the South (24-28) 8 Economic Overview of Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Scientific and Technical Information (29-32) 9 Scientific Research, Information Flows, and the Impact of Database Protection on Developing Countries (33-40) 10 Information Technology and Data in the Context of Developing Countries (41-44) Session 2: Data and Information in the Public Health Sector 11 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair (45-48) 12 The Ptolemy Project: Delivering Electronic Health Information in East Africa (49-54) 13 Health Information for Disaster Preparedness in Latin America (55-57) 14 Bioline International and the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: A Collaborative Model of Open-Access Publishing (58-62) Session 3: Data and Information in the Environmental Sector 15 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair (63-65) 16 Geospatial Information for Development (66-68) 17 Borders in Cyberspace: Conflicting Government Information Policies and Their Economic Impacts (69-73) 18 Recent Developments in Environmental Data Access Policies in the Peoples Republic of China (74-76) Session 4: Basic Sciences and Higher Education19 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair (77-80) 20 Information Needs for Basic Research: An African Perspective (81-84) 21 International Transfer of Information in the Physical Sciences (85-90) 22 Access to Scientific Information: The Ukrainian Research and Academic Network (91-94) Session 5: Innovative Models for Public-Domain Production of and Open Access to Scientific and Technical Data and Information 23 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair (95-97) 24 A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data: International Considerations (98-102) 25 The Open-Source Paradigm and the Production of Scientific Information: A Future Vision and Implications for Developing Countries (103-109) 26 New and Changing Scientific Publication Practices Due to Open-Access Publication Initiatives (110-113) 27 Overview of Open-Access and Public-Commons Initiatives in the United States (114-118) Session 6: Examples of New Initiatives in Developing Countries 28 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair (119-121) 29 Overview of Initiatives in the Developing World (122-126) 30 Open-Source Geographic Information Systems Software: Myths and Realities (127-133) 31 Open-Access Research and the Public Domain in South African Universities: The Public Knowledge Project s Open Journal Systems (134-145) 32 The Public Knowledge Project s Open Journal Systems (146-149) 33 Metadata Clearinghouse and Open Access to Geographic Data in Namibia (150-153) 34 Open-Access Initiatives in India (154-157) 35 Closing Remarks by Symposium Chair (158-160) Appendix A: Symposium Agenda (161-166) Appendix B: Biographical Summaries of Symposium Speakers and Steering Committee Members (167-175) Appendix C: Symposium Attendees (176-181) Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms (182-183)

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Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium 23 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair Dominique Foray Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Many people agree that public-domain production of and open access to scientific and technical data and information are key features in the process of scientific discovery, invention, and innovation. They constitute a fundamental institutional arrangement and requirement for economic growth and development. The shared collection of data and information provides the building blocks for innovation and invention, and those free journeys through information space are a key factor for the scientific enterprise. It would be a mistake, however, to think that the old institutional framework that was mainly based on government support must be maintained in the hope that it will continue to support the production of public-domain information. While the old framework did well from the postwar period until the 1980s, the great challenges and issues that Session 5 is addressing concern the new types of institutions and mechanisms that will create favorable conditions for the provision of this kind of public good in the area of basic research in the knowledge economy. The important phrase in the title of this session is “innovative models.” The speakers will try to be innovative and think about the new kinds of institutions that are required, given that the old framework is no longer sustainable. The first step in the quest for innovative models is to recognize that the public domain, which means public spaces that are conducive to efficient knowledge dissemination, does not necessarily mean “government control” or “public sector.” In particular, collective actions are important in supporting the public domain and open access. Some social scientists call this category of collective action inherently public property, meaning public property that is controlled neither by the government nor by private actions. It is probably this category of public property that will constitute the framework for the revival of the public domain of the knowledge-based economy. Of course, a variety of innovative models are possible and should be discussed. They include mechanisms aimed at maintaining a public space and open knowledge commons by voluntary means; promoting an ethos of information sharing; open-source movements, supported by very complex incentive structures and by a legal framework that protects the public domain; and by the transfer of databases, information, and knowledge from the private to the public sectors. It is also important to think about mechanisms that use the legal framework of the intellectual-property-right system to impose access rights, such as compulsory licensing and price discrimination.

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