OpenResearch WTF April 2024
Policy
Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
More than 40 organisations have committed to being more transparent about how they share information about their research processes and outputs.
The Barcelona Declaration, released April 16, calls for open research information—or metadata—to be the norm. Signatories include funders and higher education institutions from the Gates Foundation to the Coimbra Group which represents 40 European universities.
Tools
Announcing DataCite’s First Public Data File
The public data file contains metadata for all DataCite DOIs. Specifically, this first release contains metadata records in JSON format for all DataCite DOIs in Findable state that were registered up to the end of 2023. Each DOI has descriptive metadata for research outputs and resources structured according to the DataCite Metadata Schema. Many of these records include links to other persistent identifiers (PIDs) for works (DOIs), people (ORCID iDs), and organizations (ROR IDs).
Commentary
Digital Science launches Open Principles
Digital Science has launched its Open Principles, a new initiative that commits its research information solutions to open science now and into the future.
The Principles are the first step in Digital Science’s journey to align more closely with the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Better together: BTAA Libraries, CDL and Lyrasis commit to strengthen Diamond Open Access in the United States
Diamond Open Access seems to be gaining some traction. Let's hope it has legs.
ASAPbio Announces New Executive Director, Board Leadership
“Preprints are having a watershed moment, with key changes in federal research policy being enacted in the US, while at the same time UNESCO and others are working to spread open science equitably worldwide,” Katie said. “ASAPbio, too, is at a pivotal phase in its development. I look forward to working with the board of directors and the entire ASAPbio community to seize this crucial opportunity to accelerate research progress in the life sciences.”