Should Science Be Open and Federated? - ReadBeanIceCream
peter.suber's bookmarks 2025-02-09
Summary:
"The U.S. government is targeting scientific data, research, and information repositories; is it time for scientific institutions to embrace open science?... should science be open and (one step further) federated? ...
Just as Open Science can take its cues from open source software, Federated science could take its cues from the fediverse...
Open and federate science (OFS) would be the combination of the two ideas of open science and federation science. Meaning that scientific research would be transparent and open to all to contribute, read, discuss, distribute and redistribute regardless of platform, publication, or institution. Doing so could increase scientific collaboration and limit the impacts of targeted attacks on science...."