The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain - Proceedings of a Symposium

This symposium brought together leading experts and managers from the public and private sectors who are involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of scientific and technical data and information (STI) to: (1) describe and discuss the role and the benefits and costs--both economic and other--of the public domain in STI in the research and education context, (2) to identify and analyze the legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public domain in STI in research and education, (3) describe and discuss existing and proposed approaches to preserving the public domain in STI in the United States, and (4) identify issues that may require further analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Board On International Scientific Organi, Board on International Scientific Organizations, National Research Council, Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs, Policy And Global Affairs, Steering Committee on the Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2003
• EAN: 9780309088503
• ISBN: 978-0-309-08850-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries