Bonfire Launches Open Science Network for Academics and Researchers - We Distribute

"The Bonfire project made a splash earlier this month by announcing the launch of the Open Science Network, an initiative to build a federated and open academic commons....

The platform itself is another one of Bonfire’s Flavors, with features specific to collaboration, publication, and public discussion. The Open Science flavor is currently a prototype, but it’s carefully being built with feedback from members of scientific research cooperatives.

The ultimate goal is to build something that suits the day-to-day needs of that specific community, while building novel features to make their lives earlier....

The release of Open Science by the Bonfire project is significant for several reasons. First and foremost, it is the first effort of its kind to attempt leveraging ActivityPub for academic use. It’s also a clear showcase of Bonfire’s modular architecture, composing a series of modules into a coherent distribution.

Most of all, it’s a validation of one of the project’s key pilot programs, where a system is built for a specific group of people, and tailored to their feedback. The idea that researchers and academics could directly benefit from this system, while also pushing Fediverse technology forward, is frankly awesome."