AIMS

FAIR Principles & Digital Objects: The role of METADATA

21/02/2019

The advancement of digital science thrives on the timely sharing and accessibility of digital data, and every day research activities provide unlimited amounts of data that could have an impact on achieving the objectives of a number of seamless research processes and their quality.  With all the information and data ...

Towards FARMER-led RESEARCH: a GUIDE to working together with Farmers in Research

20/02/2019

The booklet Towards FARMER-led RESEARCH: a GUIDEBOOK  - published (2018) by the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO) - aims to provide you with support to work together with farmers in research. In particular, this guide: synthesises literature on Farmer-Led Research from around the world, with a focus on the North ...

Explore Virtual Research Environments of the D4Science.org Gateway

19/02/2019

D4Science.org is an organisation offering a Data Infrastructure service and a number (+100) of Virtual Research Environments (VREs).  To serve the biological, ecological, environmental, social mining, culture heritage, and statistical communities world-wide; VREs connect +5,500 scientists in +50 countries. To that end, D4Science Data Infrastructure integrates +50 heterogeneous data providers, and + 500 ...

Open Source initiatives help harness the power of Data

18/02/2019

Open source designates a broader set of values of 'the open source way'... "Open source projects, products, or initiatives embrace and celebrate principles of open exchange, collaborative participation, rapid prototyping, transparency, and community-oriented development" (Opensource.com) Below you will find some Open Source iniziatives aiming to harness the power of ...

RESPONSIBLE DATA GUIDELINES: Managing Privacy and Personally Identifiable Information

18/02/2019

“Data can be either useful or perfectly anonymous, but never both...” Paul Ohm – UCLA Law review 2010 57 UCLA L. Rev. 1701).   The CGIAR (the world's largest global agricultural innovation network) Team has published Responsible Data GUIDELINES: Managing Privacy and Personally Identifiable Information in the Research Project Data Lifecycle  intended to assist agricultural ...