Open Science: What does it mean and how do text and data miners benefit? - OpenMinTeD

" ... There are three major constituents of open science: Open access to producing knowledge, enabling anyone to share results of his/hers research, despite not being a full-time academic. This trend is also known as citizen science. Open access to scientific publications, so that the wide public can read and benefit from scientific articles. This has been problematic till recently, but is changing with rising open access Open access to scientific data, which lets other academics to verify researcher’s claims by analysing not only the final results, but also the data they have produced in the process. Making this possible requires facing many (technical, legal, …) challenges, which is a purpose of the Research Data Alliance, whose plenary meeting took place after the data sharing symposium in Tokyo. However, the way to achieve these goals is far from obvious. Which data should be available openly, and which should be restricted? How to permanently store large quantities of research data?  How to assure their high quality? How to comply with legal requirements? And where to get human resources for performing all these tasks? ..."