Vision Papers

Invited Background Papers:

These papers are meant to provide participants with context and to serve as "discusion starters" for the Commons of Science Conference.

Paul Uhlir and Peter Schröder. 2006. Promoting Access to Public Scientific Data for Global Science.

Harlan Onsrud and James Campbell. 2006. Big Opportunities in Access to "Small Science" Data.

Mackenzie Smith. 2006. Scientific Research Communication: The Promise and Current Realities of Enhanced Publications.

Papers Contributed by Invitees:

These papers have been submitted by invitees to the Conference in response to an invitation to submit papers, opinion pieces, or longer comments on topics germane to the Conference.

Donat Agosti. 2006. Biodiversity Data Are Out of Local Taxonomists’ Reach.

Robert Cook-Deegan and Tom Dedeurwaerdere. 2006. The Science Commons in Life Science Research: Structure, Function, and Value of Access to Genetic Diversity.

Tom Dedeurwaerdere. 2006. The Institutional Economics of Sharing Biological Information.

Puneet Kishor. 2006. Babel of Licenses. Available at http://punkish.eidesis.org/?t=BabelOfLicenses.
("There is a contradictory tension between our desire to create and spread good and our need to protect our original intent. This tension results in a plethora of licenses. But HowManyLicensesIsTooMany? Last I checked, there were more than 90 different licenses littering the open source landscape.")

Richard R. Nelson. 2003. The Market Economy, and the Scientific Commons.


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