OFA Featured Work #2: Open Science: Tools, Approaches, and Implications — Openforum Academy

"OpenForum Academy has long been a leader in examining the paradigm shift towards openness in computing that is currently underway and exploring how this trend is changing the role of computing in society. Our new 'Featured Work' series builds on this, and on the notable output of our Fellows, by selecting and presenting thought-provoking essays or research that can help educate and inform readers interested in Open Innovation ... The development of deposition and data sharing mandates by a range of research funders show that real progress is being made in increasing access to both the finished products of research and the materials that support them. There is, however, a risk of over-enthusiasm driving expectations that cannot be delivered and of alienating the mainstream community that we wish to draw in. The fears and concerns of researchers in widening access to their work need to be Now is the right time to find examples of best practice; to celebrate these and to see what can be learnt from them. Now is the right time to be clearly articulating specific aspirations, and to provide targets that we can work towards. Now is the right time to organize as a community. The fully supported paper and the Science Commons principles are useful starting points, but the community will benefit from a concerted effort to develop and actualize additional goals, standards, and resources. Open Science is gathering momentum, and that is a good thing. But equally it is a good time to take stock, identify the best course forward, and effect change as widely as possible."