Data publication: towards a database of everything Export

@article{citeulike:4972164, abstract = {The fabric of science is changing, driven by a revolution in digital technologies that facilitate the acquisition and communication of massive amounts of data. This is changing the nature of collaboration and expanding opportunities to participate in science. If digital technologies are the engine of this revolution, digital data are its fuel. But for many scientific disciplines, this fuel is in short supply. The publication of primary data is not a universal or mandatory part of science, and despite policies and proclamations to the contrary, calls to make data publicly available have largely gone unheeded. In this short essay I consider why, and explore some of the challenges that lie ahead, as we work toward a database of everything.}, author = {Smith, Vincent}, citeulike-article-id = {4972164}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-113}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19552813}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19552813}, doi = {10.1186/1756-0500-2-113}, issn = {1756-0500}, journal = {BMC Research Notes}, keywords = {database, open-science, science20}, number = {1}, pages = {113+}, posted-at = {2009-06-26 13:05:28}, priority = {0}, title = {Data publication: towards a database of everything}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-113}, volume = {2}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4972164 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4972164 N2 - The fabric of science is changing, driven by a revolution in digital technologies that facilitate the acquisition and communication of massive amounts of data. This is changing the nature of collaboration and expanding opportunities to participate in science. If digital technologies are the engine of this revolution, digital data are its fuel. But for many scientific disciplines, this fuel is in short supply. The publication of primary data is not a universal or mandatory part of science, and despite policies and proclamations to the contrary, calls to make data publicly available have largely gone unheeded. In this short essay I consider why, and explore some of the challenges that lie ahead, as we work toward a database of everything. IS - 1 JF - BMC Research Notes SN - 1756-0500 TI - Data publication: towards a database of everything VL - 2 SP - 113 KW - database KW - open-science KW - science20 AU - Smith, Vincent PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-113 ER -