<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the information at this sensitive time,<div><br></div><div>With best regards,</div><div>Ahmad in quarantine.</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed;margin:0in 0in 10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ahmad
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point for Mountain Partnership in the University of Tehran,</font></span></p>
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Sustainable agriculture and the environment.<br>
Phone: +98-21-76281966 --- Mobile: +98-912-0762812.</span></font></p>
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Box: 19615-544, Tehran, IRAN. </font></span></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:49 AM Falk Huettmann <<a href="mailto:fhuettmann@alaska.edu">fhuettmann@alaska.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues, Fotis et al.<div><br></div><div>bravo on the progress; well done.</div><div><br></div><div>I value all those efforts and directions.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>My last email on this topic though:</div><div><br></div><div>In the tragic light of many many, thousands, if not more,</div><div>DEATHs etc. re virus and related health issues (zoonotics as just one example)</div><div>my comments on OPen Access progress and such efforts are fourfold:</div><div><br></div><div>-way TOO LITTLE TOO LATE</div><div><br></div><div>-the few good deeds are easily exploited and used as a greenwash and healthwash by the bad actors (which seem to dominate).</div><div><br></div><div>-we have seen and heard such things of progress since Jame Cook, Enlightenment many centuries ago. So where are we now ?</div><div><br></div><div>-ivy league education and research, ha ha. Tuition spent for what by whom ?</div><div><br></div><div>Nobody really believes those things like open access and progress anymore in earnest, and trust is lost for good; done with.</div><div>How about the pervasive force and framework of capitalism, and to change it ?</div><div><br></div><div>Re. the EU and many others, beyond 'raw medicine and vet' data I mentioned in the last email, I can here just repeat what I stated and experienced for several decades in all outlets I have available:</div><div>=>Get the bird data like ICARUS with Max Planck Inst (<a href="https://www.mpg.de/13684039/icarus-test-phase" target="_blank">https://www.mpg.de/13684039/icarus-test-phase</a>), Bird Banding Centers (EURING and RSPB/BTO UK), MOVEBANK.org, Fisheries data,</div><div>WindPark impact data, even museum data and university-based science (I am thinking here of forest inventory, or freshwater fish & contaminant data for</div><div>major rivers like Elbe, Rhine, Danube, and then PRIMATOLOGY Centers, Development AId, Antarctic Service etc etc) online, open access free of charge in a meaningful usable format for people to use. </div><div>Open Source GIS is one of those formats to employ.</div><div>And do it now. The open WWW is there, so why not using it ? It's blunt mis-management any other, and for everybody to see. People die because of it, unused management opportunities.</div><div><br></div><div>That's my informed personal view on the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards and thanks; let's try to stay safe while data are blocked and not used<br></div><div><br></div><div> Falk Huettmann PhD, Professor</div><div> Uni of Alaska Fairbanks</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:51 AM Fotis E. Psomopoulos <<a href="mailto:fpsom@certh.gr" target="_blank">fpsom@certh.gr</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Falk,<div><br></div><div>thank you for raising this issue - I definitely echo the need for cultural change (especially within the medical community)!</div><div><br></div><div>That being said, I have a more optimistic view, as I believe that there are also positive steps towards this direction (at least as I perceive them through my probably naive and definitely EU-biased lenses). Major e-infrastructures and initiatives, such as <a href="https://elixir-europe.org/" target="_blank">ELIXIR</a> and <a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/" target="_blank">RDA</a> are working towards making medical data more accessible (and FAIR), with various Tasks and Groups tackling a particular issue at the time.</div><div><br></div><div>This is even more evident in the current circumstances, where both ELIXIR (<a href="https://elixir-europe.org/covid-19-resources" target="_blank">ELIXIR support for SARS-CoV-2 research</a>), RDA (<a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-covid19" target="_blank">RDA-COVID19 Working Group</a>) and EU (<a href="https://edps.europa.eu/sites/edp/files/publication/20-03-25_edps_comments_concerning_covid-19_monitoring_of_spread_en.pdf" target="_blank">statement</a> of the European Data Protection Supervisor on March 25th regarding this subject), to mention a few of the "majors", started the efforts towards making COVID-19 related data open, accessible and (wherever possible) connected to entire analysis workflows (see <a href="https://github.com/galaxyproject/SARS-CoV-2" target="_blank">Galaxy SARS-CoV-2 projerct </a>as well). Small step (maybe), but definitely in the right direction.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Fotis E. Psomopoulos</div><div><br></div><div>PS: Regarding
SARS-CoV-2, I'd definitely point you towards the <a href="https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20/wiki/Resources" target="_blank">Resources page</a> of the upcoming <a href="https://github.com/virtual-biohackathons/covid-19-bh20/wiki" target="_blank">COVID-19 BioHackathon</a> (to take place virtually next week, 5-11 April 2020)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 22:20, Falk Huettmann <<a href="mailto:fhuettmann@alaska.edu" target="_blank">fhuettmann@alaska.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br><div>thanks;</div><div>so as we frequently find with medical data specifically,</div><div>those are not really shared, made available, used well, and the hospitals</div><div>are usually the LAST ones to do so; as is the medical profession, </div><div>e.g. Chief Surgeons, local clinics and professional organizations and societies.</div><div>That's despite their huge salaries and sums spent on 'health' </div><div>and public health, on One Health projects and all such lipservices.</div><div><br></div><div>COVID-19 shows us no other, nor the 'great' OneHealth agencies,</div><div>funders and science institutions and organizations.</div><div>Just see the Arctic etc.</div><div>We never said any other.</div><div><br></div><div>Or how about a (children) leukemia data base for Germany,</div><div>or all EU & Asian Avian Influenza, or Rabies data shared properly,</div><div>with coordinates and ISO-metadata and published and well-analyzed?</div><div><br></div><div>It seems not to matter, nor do people really care.</div><div>I am not aware much that libraries demand those data for their</div><div>repositories neither, nor are many medical degrees having that </div><div>on their agenda, skill set and syllabi, at all. Add vets to that.</div><div><br></div><div>So here then is an action item for ICSU, CODATA, NSF, EU, UN</div><div>and all those 'grand ones' to resolve, fast please, for a massive cultural change.</div><div>And yes, the pharmaceutical industry fuels much of it; so one would tackle those the most then.</div><div><br></div><div>Just an idea for those who have none.</div><div><br></div><div>Very best and please keep me posted</div><div> Falk Huettmann PhD, Professor</div><div> Uni of Alaska Fairbanks</div><div><br></div></div><div>PS If you see public global COVID-19 data, compiled and authoritative with coordinates and time and.or DNA, and metadata,</div><div>please kindly advise.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 9:22 AM Berkman, Paul A <<a href="mailto:Paul.Berkman@tufts.edu" target="_blank">Paul.Berkman@tufts.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<b>To:</b> Berkman, Paul A <<a href="mailto:Paul.Berkman@tufts.edu" target="_blank">Paul.Berkman@tufts.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Asha CODATA <<a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:codata-international@lists.codata.org" target="_blank">codata-international@lists.codata.org</a>; Simon Hodson, ED CODATA <<a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" target="_blank">simon@codata.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: INFORMED DECISIONMAKING RE: [CODATA-international] Data Together COVID-19 Appeal and Actions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Hi Asha, Simon and Paul,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I hope you are doing well.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Thank you and CODATA for your leadership.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I would like to help
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Data-Together-COVID-19-Statement-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(46,163,242);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Data
Together COVID-19 Appeal and Actions</span></b></a>. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Perhaps my best form of assistance would be in helping with science diplomacy to transform data into evidence for informed
decisions, operating short-term to long-term, in view of the decisionmaking institutions with:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Governance Mechanisms</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> (laws, agreements and policies as well as regulatory strategies, including insurance, at diverse
jurisdictional levels); and </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Built Infrastructure</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> (fixed, mobile and other assets, including communication, research, observing, information and other
systems that require technology plus investment).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Data are fundamental to address the immediate urgencies at security time scales as well as the urgencies across generations
that will arise post-COVID-19 for our shared sustainability at local-global levels. As introduced with science diplomacy training through the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) – informed decisionmaking skills, methods and theory
are available to train and apply, transforming research into actions <i>“to service the new reality of data-driven science.”</i></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I hope you and those closest are doing well. Stay healthy!!!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">With best regards,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Paul</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> CODATA-international [mailto:<a href="mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org" target="_blank">codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Asha CODATA<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2020 8:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:codata-international@lists.codata.org" target="_blank">
codata-international@lists.codata.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CODATA-international] Data Together COVID-19 Appeal and Actions</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="1128" height="1107" id="gmail-m_-4293037021477008429gmail-m_8870037853391634593gmail-m_3328187267896404746gmail-m_6464173632626082877m_-2823196084199455960_x005f_x0000_i1025" src="cid:1712c7da41c4ce8e91" alt="Image removed by sender. https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rda-codata-wds-gofair-1024x1010.jpg"></span><a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Data-Together-Final-Version-March-2020-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,163,242);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">CODATA
together with GO FAIR, RDA, and WDS (the four major international data organisations), are pleased to outline their joint commitment to work together to optimise the global research data ecosystem and to identify the opportunities and needs that will trigger
federated infrastructures to service the new reality of data-driven science.</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">A first concrete example of this is the following ‘</span><a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Data-Together-COVID-19-Statement-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,163,242);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Data
Together COVID-19 Appeal and Actions</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">’ </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The COVID-19 pandemic presents a major test for our science system and for our research and data infrastructures. These infrastructures, such
as open science clouds and data commons, must serve the needs of science, policy, and humanity not only in ‘normal times’, but also in times of crisis by providing controlled access to quality data in real-time and at scale for a range of scientific- and policy-related
responses.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The Data Together organisations are jointly working on the following activities and invite all to contribute:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">
</span><a href="https://www.go-fair.org/implementation-networks/overview/vodan/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,163,242);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Data Together–GO FAIR Virus Outbreak Data Network</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> (VODAN)</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">2.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The </span><a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-covid19" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,163,242);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Data
Together–RDA COVID-19 Working Group</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">3.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;color:rgb(102,102,102)">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">CODATA </span><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/decadal-programme/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,163,242);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">‘Making
Data Work for Cross-Domain Grand Challenges’</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> for launch in 2021</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Read the full statement on </span><a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Data-Together-COVID-19-Statement-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(46,163,242);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Data
Together COVID-19 Appeal and Actions</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Thanks,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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