Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science - Proceedings of an International Symposium

This symposium, which was held on March 10-11, 2003, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, brought together policy experts and managers from the government and academic sectors in both developed and developing countries to (1) describe the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and information have in the context of international research; (2) identify and analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in digital data and information, and their potential effects on international research; and (3) review the existing and proposed approaches for preserving and promoting the public domain and open access to scientific and technical data and information on a global basis, with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.

Summary

Describes the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and information have in the context of international research. This book identifies and analyzes the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in digital data and information.

Product details

• Authors: Board On International Scientific Organi, Board on International Scientific Organizations, National Research Council, Policy And Global Affairs, U S National Committee for Codata, U.S. National Committee for CODATA
• Assisted by: Julie M Esanu (Editor), Julie M. Esanu (Editor), Paul F Uhlir (Editor), Paul F. Uhlir (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2004
• EAN: 9780309091459
• ISBN: 978-0-309-09145-9
• No. of pages: 195
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries