Opening Research Data Tracey P. Lauriault, Amos Hayes, D. R. Fraser Taylor Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (CGRC) Carleton University (http://gcrc.carleton.ca , [email protected]) Creative Commons Salon - Open Data CIPPIC & the Creative Law Society Research, Business & Journalism: Data in the Professional Sphere (Panel) Fri. March 30, 15:00-16:00, Fauteux bldg. rm FTX 147B, University of Ottawa
Most university based research is publicly funded and researchers use government data in their work, the data derived from the research of others, and also produce data as part of the research process. The Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) at Carleton University does this and also adheres to the principle that publicly funded research results should be created in such a way that they can be re-disseminated back to the public. I will therefore discuss how the GCRC collaboratively collects, uses, maps and re-disseminates its data and will highlight some of the open data issues it encounters while doing so. Also, it will be argued that even though the GCRC adheres to access principles, a lack of a national digital data archive and data preservation and management support from granting councils impedes the GCRC and others from sharing their data more broadly while open data strategies have yet to take research data into consideration. Most notably, Canada does not have a research data archive, preservation policy nor a network of university based data repositories.
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Opening Research Data
Tracey P. Lauriault, Amos Hayes, D. R. Fraser Taylor
Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (CGRC) Carleton University
The development team behind Nunaliit believes strongly that all the outputs of publically funded research and development should be freely available for use, modification, and re-distribution with minimal
restrictions. We feel this open sharing of ideas and data is going to have huge positive impacts on society as a whole. With this license, everyone is free to use and expand upon this technology.
Managing Research Data
IPY – Research funding and data management
http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-eng.html
Canadian Institute for Health Information
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/35664.html
Policy on Access to Research Outputs http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html
Research Data Canada
Infrastructure: “Canada supports a national, coordinated network of repositories and services for collection, preservation and dissemination of research data, which make use of green storage facilities wherever possible. Canadian services are linked to the global research data ecosystem and are interoperable with other national, international and disciplinary networks. Data quality, integrity, and interoperability are ensured through adherence to international discipline and metadata standards”.