Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China Summary of a Workshop (2006) / Chapter Skim
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2 Presentations on China’s Scientific Data Sharing Policy and Project
2 Presentations on China’s Scientific Data Sharing Policy and Project
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Since opening to the outside world, the Chinese government has attached much importance to the development of science and technology, as evidenced by the national strategies of "National Renewal through Science and Education" and "Realization of a Prosperous China through Human Education." The Chinese government recognizes that knowledge and innovation are essential elements for realizing the goals outlined in these strategies, and the key components for obtaining and fostering national and international competitiveness. In recent years, China has achieved a series of advances in science and technology, including manned space flight, super-hybridized rice breeding, and supercomputer research and develop 6
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Based on reforms that strengthen data sharing and scientific resource system integration, this project focuses on increasing China's international competitiveness and science and technology innovation potential. China will use modern information technology and international resources to construct the public, fundamental, and strategic science and technology infrastructure platform.
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Scientific data are derived from scientific and technological activities such as observation, monitoring, investigation, experiments, and research analysis in various organizations and institutions. The types of scientific data include numerical, spatial, graphical, and text data, which are complex, widely distributed, in multiple formats, and massive in scope.
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It is not only an urgent requirement for the scientific and technological innovation system to implement scientific data sharing and to create the new order of opening and distribution for scientific data, but also to promote China's participation in the global economy. In the process of implementing its scientific data sharing policy, China must consider national strategic requirements and the world's technological evolution.
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For a long time, the attitude that public scientific data in China are the exclusive private possessions of individuals and departments has made the development of scientific data exchange and sharing difficult. In order to raise the awareness of scientific data sharing and to enhance its effectiveness, China must break the "information exchange barrier"; that is, change the traditional view that the scientific data resources are private property, and foster a new culture of scientific resource sharing.
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Under a sound legal system, scientific data resources can be valued fully and serve scientific innovation and national development.
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The current status for scientific data sharing is far from meeting the demands of China's scientific and technical development, its emerging economy, and growing national power. The scarcity of scientific and technical data resources has become a major obstacle for innovation.
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China-SDSP should make all these data accessible to all interested users at an affordable cost, or free if possible. By utilizing modern information technology, integrating scientific data resources from all kinds of departments, establishing a data sharing policy, and improving management, scientific data resources can be integrated into a uniform framework of national scientific data sharing management.
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Its original purpose has been to integrate publicly funded data resources, but its long-term goal is to leverage all possible data resources from government to the private sectors, and make them available to the general public. The data flow is illustrated in Figure 2.
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Development Disciplines Data Centers / Networks Master Database Data Users FIGURE 1 Architecture and framework of China Scientific Data Sharing Program. Data Scientific Data Sharing Dissemination Data Integration / Submission from Exchange Data Submission from Submission Agencies and with other Major National Institutes Countries Program Observation, Monitoring Scientific Research & Data Survey and Evaluation Technology Development Generator Statistics Sector Sector FIGURE 2 Data flow diagram for China-SDSP.
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The master databases are the natural result of this process. The major tasks are to improve existing data resources; safeguard or rescue endangered scientific data and records; develop the master databases for large research programs funded by the government; introduce international data resources based on their scientific values, quality, and usability; integrate multi-source data; and conduct value-added research.
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Tasks that should be addressed in the policy arena include the establishment and implementation of several types of guidelines: the implementation and management guidelines of the China-SDSP; data submission guidelines of major science and technology programs funded by the government; guidelines for scientific and technological data classification for data sharing; and performance evaluation (merit appraisal) of scientific data sharing activities.
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As the basic national law of science and technology and the standard for sharing scientific and technical resources, this law should represent the most important "sharing principle" for platform construction. It should make sure the data resources are open and shared with the public by data managers and public research managers, give rights to relevant bodies that need access to data resources, as well as define the characteristics of national scientific and technical data resources and regulate public scientific and technical data resource sharing on proper terms.
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There may be other relevant laws and regulations that need to be considered or amended as well. Summary of the China-SDSP Work Plan The following activities are being implemented during the initial experimental period, 2001-2005: overall planning and design; research and planning on the policy and legal framework; drafting and issuing relevant policies and regulations; developing technology and standards; establishing scientific data centers and networks and initiating a data sharing pilot project; identifying the optimal mechanisms for existing data consolidation and sharing; launching of the program Gateway Web site, selecting 25 data centers for the data sharing pilot project, and selecting other candidate centers for further development; summing up experiences from various aspects of the experimental period; and preparing a feasibility report about the overall implementation of public data sharing in the next period of activity.
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During the implementation period, 2006 to 2010, the following work will need to be done: continue the establishment of data sharing technology, policy, and law; extend the program coverage of scientific data centers or networks and make them operational; gradually improve technology and standards; enforce the cooperation among data centers in different research areas; and enhance the capacity to develop high-level data products and to ensure quality. After each yearly performance evaluation of the 25 pilot data centers or networks, the qualified ones will be included in the "National Scientific Data Master Network" and will start regular operation.
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