The value of open data in academic science | Opensource.com

" ... At TU Delft, we are one of the many academic institutions joining a force of dedicated groups of people making significant contributions to finding responsible solutions to societal problems, at both a national and international level. The academic content created at universities is often paid for by the government, so it should be accessible for the whole society ... Concentrating on open research and research data,TU Delft Library has (together with the two partners of the 3TU.Federation, TU Eindhoven, and TU Twente) started the 3TU.Datacentrum out of the need to make valuable data (re)usable, discoverable, and accessible for the long term. We want this data to be open if possible, and only closed if necessary ... "