Submissions tagged with open access
(7 documents)
Changes in Scholarly Communication and the Potential Impact on Biocuration
Open access in particular and changes in on-line scholarship have the potential to impact biocuration which often involves translating information currently read in papers to knowledge that is foun…
Received 07 May 2009 15:07 UTC; Posted 08 May 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
Reactome – a knowledgebase of human biological pathways
Reactome (http://www.reactome.org) is an expert-authored, peer-reviewed knowledgebase of human reactions and pathways that functions as a data mining resource and electron…
Received 29 April 2009 09:05 UTC; Posted 03 May 2009
Posted to: Chemistry, Genetics & Genomics, Immunology, Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
Check Your Data Freedom: A Taxonomy to Assess Life Science Database Openness
Molecular biology data are subject to terms of use that vary widely between databases and curating institutions. This research presents a taxonomy of contractual and technical restrictions applicab…
Received 17 July 2008 15:28 UTC; Posted 18 July 2008
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
The Control Fallacy: Why OA Out-Innovates the Alternative
This article examines the relationship between Open Access to the scholarly literature and innovation. It traces the ideas of “end to end” network principles in the Internet and the World Wide Web …
Received 25 April 2008 16:14 UTC; Posted 25 April 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
The What, Why and How of openness in science
We give a short introduction to open science followed by an overview of Creative Commons and open source licenses.
Received 04 March 2008 13:18 UTC; Posted 04 March 2008
Posted to: Bioinformatics
Open Data in Science
Open Data (OD) is an emerging term in the process of defining how scientific data may be published and re-used without price or permission barriers. Scientists generally see published data as belon…
Received 18 January 2008 07:27 UTC; Posted 18 January 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Chemistry, Genetics & Genomics, Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
A quick trip through openness, freedom and transparency
This talk aims to give scientists an introduction to the concepts of openness, freedom and transparency and their applications (not only) for science. It covers the topics of open source, open form…
Received 12 October 2007 15:28 UTC; Posted 12 October 2007
Posted to: Bioinformatics