EnablingaTDM-FriendlyResearchEnvironment

Heather Joseph Executive Director, SPARC

ICSTI Annual Meeting ITOC Workshop

February 20, 2016

ResearchisDigital.

ScienceandScholarship

Byresearchoutputs,wemean:DigitalArCclesandDigitalData

Wedoresearchinordertogeneratenewideas,uncovernewdiscoveries,andenhanceourcollecCveunderstandingoftheworldandourinteracCons

withit.

Thiscanonlyhappenifwecanfreelyaccessandfullyusethese

outputs.

Workingtheoryisthatpoliciesthatencourageopenaccesstoalloftheresultsofthisresearchwill

accelerateandsignificantlyimprovetheseoutcomes.

Shouldbesimple,right?Well–notsomuch.

Wecurrentlyhavetwoverydifferentsetsofrulesgoverning

accessanduseofresearcharCclesanddata.

TrendTowardsOpenPolicies

Re-seMngthebaselineassumpCon:

Making“open”thedefaultModeforresearchresults.

Early2000’s–ScaSeredmovementbegantowardsrequiringopen

accessmainlytoarCcles:leadbyfunders(WellcomeTrust,

NIH,HHMI,etc.)

2009:U.S.OpenGovernment

DirecCve

Broad,aspiraConaldirecCve;laidoutnewexpectaConsfor

opennessandtransparencyinallgovernmentacCviCes,andoutputs–includinginformaConanddata.

2013:Milestoneyearforopenpolicies…

WhiteHouseissuesOpenDataExecuCveOrder,Making

“OpenandMachineReadable”thedefaultforalldata.

..AndHoninginonResearchOutputs…

WhiteHouseOSTPPublicAccessDirecCve

EuropeanCommissionHorizon2020Policy

Bothwerenew,largescalerequirementsforU.S.-andEU-Fundedresearcherstomake

arCclesanddataresulCngfromtheirworkopenbydefault.

Greatprogress–butsCllonlyafirststeptowardstrulyenablingan

openresearchenvironment.

HowOpenis“Open”(really)inthesepolicies?

OpenAccesstoresearchresults=free,immediateavailability+full

unrestrictedreuserights…

•  ArCclescanbemadeavailablewithupto12-monthdelay.

•  Noexplicitrequirementforspecificreuselicense(forarCclesordata)

…Butinbothofthesepolicydocs:

ECHorizon2020:

“Takemeasurestomakeitpossibletoaccess,mine,exploit,reproduceanddisseminate(outputs)freeof

charge”

WhiteHouseDirec6ve:

“Ensurethatthepubliccaneasilyread,download,andanalyze(outputs)indigitalform”

Intentisclear-nowspecifictermsandcondiConsmustberefinedto

trulygettoopen.

ForAr6cles:ZeroEmbargo+CCBYlicense

ForData:ZeroEmbargo+CC0license*

*That’stheideal.ButWeknowthattherealityisthathomogenouspolicyforALLdataisnotgoingtohappen...

“Asopenaspossible,asclosedasnecessary…”

EuropeanCommission

However:Forthesubsetofdataunderlyingapaper(i.e.,neededtoreproducetheresult)–thiskindofpolicyisbothpossibleandnecessary.

AsofFebruary2016:DrajpoliciesforaccesstoresearcharCclesanddatafrom14ofthe19U.S.agenciescoveredbyDirecCve

havenowbeenreleased.

AllhaveSettheDefaulttoOpenRequiringDataManagementPlansatfundingproposalstage;anddeposiConofarCclesatCmeof

acceptance/publicaCon.

ManyrequestthatthedataunderlyingarCclestobemadeavailableuponpublicaConof

arCcle-noteitmayulCmatelyberequired.

Suppor6ngReproducibility/Reuse

BUT:nonehaveadequatelyaddressedtheissueofeffecCvelyenablingproducCvereuseof

arCclesanddata.

Thisshouldnotbeaburdenlejtoindividualresearcherstodealwithonacasebycasebases.Weneed

clearpolicyparameters.

Thisisnowapolicypriority.

ImportantfortheresearchcommunitytoweighinandtohelpdefineparametersyouneedforeffecCveresearchenvironment.

Therearelotsofwaystodothis.

HagueDeclaraCon

BestpossiblewaytocontributetopolicydevelopmentistobeabletoclearlyarCculatetheenvironmentyouneedtobeabletodoresearchthewayyouneed–andwant-to.

Thanks!