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GODAN Donor Open Data Policy and Practice : comparing Open Data Policies and putting Common Policy into practice
24/09/2018
The "GODAN Donor Open Data Policy and Practice" publication compares Open Data policies, and discusses putting policy into practice using lessons from implementation in five agriculture programmes. AUTHORS: Fiona Smith (Open Data Institute), Jamie Fawcett (Open Data Institute), Ruthie Musker (GODAN)This research was commissioned by a group of donors – ...
Deposit your research data as FAIR Data with help of REPOSITORY FINDER!
23/09/2018
With REPOSITORY FINDER - hosted by DataCite - you can find an appropriate repository to deposit your research data. REPOSITORY FINDER queries the re3data registry of research data repositories. REPOSITORY FINDER is a pilot project of the Enabling FAIR Data Project (2017-2019).ENABLING FAIR DATA PROJECT : GOALSFAIR-aligned data repositories ...
South Africa is working towards the advancement of the OPEN SCIENCE agenda elsewhere on the continent
20/09/2018
"Open Science refers to an approach to research based on greater access to public research data enabled by information and communications technology tools and platforms, broader collaboration in science – including the participation of non-scientists – and the use of alternative copyright tools for diffusing research results" (PDF; 2018 White Paper on Science, ...
Workshop Registration is still Open: Data Management for Wheat Phenotyping
18/09/2018
The Wheat Initiative, through the Expert Working Groups on Wheat Phenotyping and Wheat Information System, is organizing a two-day (24th - 25th of September) training workshop on data management for wheat phenotyping data. Attendees will be provided with an overview of current practices and methods for data standardization, and how ...