News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene [Research Technology Management]

"(Research Technology Management Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Big Effort to Share Big Data A new global initiative to promote wider sharing of research data promises to change the scientific publishing culture. The Research Data Alliance (RDA), which is developing an open Internet platform structured much like the World Wide Web, aims to enable greater collaboration among scientists of all disciplines and from all parts of the globe through the use and reuse of data. Its mission, say the founders, is to unlock the innovation potential of research data by encouraging and enabling scientists to publish the data underlying their research results."