Making Open Data a Reality
The prevailing policy approach to promoting open data in the natural and social sciences – "if you mandate it, they will share" – is not working. To bring about change, researchers themselves must embrace data sharing, which means ensuring that they have the right information and incentives.
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NEW YORK – The idea of open data has gone mainstream. Yet despite the far-reaching benefits of freely sharing data, there is still a long way to go before it becomes common practice.