The goal of this Framework is to provide a seedbed of resources for those interested in Open Science, from the background information to examples of institutional policy, from arguments and evidence to the tools needed to implement various elements of Open Science.
This Framework serves as a guide to those resources. It is intended for universities, funders of research, individual scientists, scholarly publishers - but it is open to all, to consume or contribute. In the wiki spirit, we welcome edits, annotations, additions, and comments from the community....
This Framework focuses on three key elements: policy, law, and technology.
Policy: Institutions as varied as funders of research, universities, and scholarly publications have begun to implement policies that incentivise or require elements of open science. We have collected a set of those here as a starting point for other institutions examining such policies.
Law: Copyrights, particularly the transfer of copyrights to publishers by authors, can create barriers - both legal and cultural. We have collected here both links to open licensing regimes by Creative Commons and the Free Software Foundation, as well as links to analyses of open licensing regimes and a study of the issues around implementation.
Technology: There is a significant body of technology available under FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) licensing terms. If you are looking to set up a database, or an archive of papers, or find software to create documents, edit images, annotate articles on the web, publish an open access journal, search for public domain works, publish and find free educational curricula, or collaboratively filter knowledge with other scientists, you can do that from these links.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
