data publishing ditty

A short article about data publishing and technology.

http://blogs.wiley.com/publishingnews/2011/06/28/it%E2%80%99s-what-counts-how-data-transforms-our-world/

Mentions DataCite, Mendeley, and Scribd.

Data management plans are becoming increasingly integral to project funding proposals – and will continue to become more stringent. However, both services (e.g., global standards, long-term curation) and incentives (such as academic credit, enforceable policies, and funder metrics) need to be overhauled in order to provide people with the resources and operability they need.


The current mismatch was illustrated by Todd Vision (DRYAD). Quoting a recent PARSE survey, he noted that there is a major discrepancy between researchers’ apparent willingness to share data (85%) and current levels of actual compliance with requests or funding mandates (27%).