CONNECTING RESEARCH DATA, GOOD PRACTICES FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND REUSE Ron Dekker NL Research Council NWO Project Leader Open Access Ministry of Education, Culture and Science 19 October 2015 Open Science Optimal Re-Use of Research Data Open Access to Publications Open Science Impact Science is about curiosity, understanding, discoveries, … new knowledge and maximum transfer of knowledge - Not only within science but also - Transfer knowledge to society and innovative businesses Moedas: Open Science, Open Innovation, Open to the World Incentives Positive incentives within the Science System to • Perform science i.s.o. publish or perish • Share data • Make publications immediately available • Improve on integrity and transparency of research process Infrastructure e-Infrastructure for research including: a. Science Cloud data collection, storage, analyses, networks, authentication, etc. b. Clearing House find, read, re-use publications (and data). FAIR principle: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable Federative: New and existing infra + existing expertise, e.g. OpenAire, national + EU projects Innovation New models for scholarly publishing. • incl. ways to reach new users in society & business • data publications? / Deep Data • for which researchers receive credits Information sharing • Join forces • also in preparing agreements with publishers • with backup from member states/Brussels • Share information and expertise • Use existing & develop new expertise, e.g. FOSTER • Set up (FAIR) monitoring systems Align with Open Science Agenda NL Presidency Political line of action: & Informal meeting of Research Ministers & Council Working Groups & ERAC Taskforce on Open Data & Open Science Agenda (Moedas) • Competitiveness Council Connect with Stakeholders funders, research institutions & their libraries, publishers/information service providers, researchers New Users? within Enterprises; within Society; • Presidency Conference (April 4/5 2016)