[CODATA-international] some questions Re: The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud

Garrity, George garrity at msu.edu
Tue Nov 27 12:41:15 EST 2018


Dear all,

In reading through this thread as well as the EU statement, I’m curious as to how ownership of the intellectual property rights will be dealt with under the EU regime and the potential consequences of either infringing on or compelling forfeiture of such rights on various members of the stakeholder communities. Peter’s manuscript is interesting and covers some well established ground on the use of DOIs and other globally unique persistent identifiers, it is important to point out that not all of the technology is in the public domain or under the control of a single entity (e.g. DONA).


Cheers,

George

On Nov 27, 2018, at 10:52 AM, Wittenburg, Peter <Peter.Wittenburg at mpi.nl<mailto:Peter.Wittenburg at mpi.nl>> wrote:

Dear all,

let me as a former data practitioner who helped getting bottom-up initiatives such as RDA (Research Data Alliance) started and who also closely watched the evolution of EOSC add my two cents to this discussion.

In such declarations there is the usual phrasing about “leadership” etc. which I also had to learn to live with. We should ignore all these words since they are not meant for us data practitioners. They are not essential for building EOSC.
-          EOSC for me is a huge step to bring a few topics into the minds of relevant stakeholders (researchers, funders, policy makers, etc.) in Europe. A huge number of still sleeping people in Europe just started to learn about RDA, FAIR, etc. This is great since it is helping to change culture of sharing and reusing. For sure US, China etc. will all do the activation of minds differently – it’s a cultural issue.
-          EOSC for me until now was mainly a giant step to convince politicians in Europe across member states to invest in data (infrastructure, tools, etc.). And our colleagues such as Jean Claude managed to this. I can only say: Well-done.
-          Now that this so important hurdle has been taken it is our task as data practitioners to fill this EOSC framework with life and this will be the most important challenge. One can doubt whether a “one framework” approach is the right thing to do and I have my scepticism, but the next steps depend on us and our capability to turn EOSC into useful actions to overcome the fragmentation and inefficiencies. EOSC has now an Executive Board which does not have the task to say “that this is good and that bad”, but it has the task to organise the debate amongst us data professionals in a way that convergence where possible can be achieved. Those who participate in RDA know how difficult and time consuming this process is and we will not come to convergence with only bottom-up activities. If EOSC will not be managed wisely, it may lead to a gigantic disaster and there is a chance that this may happen.
-          What keeps me busy is how to organise this interaction process towards convergence which needs to include the global and cross-disciplinary/sector dimensions. I am sharing this worry with my US colleague George Strawn for example with whom I wrote a paper together – perhaps all wrong:http://doi.org/10.23728/b2share.4e8ac36c0dd343da81fd9e83e72805a0<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__doi.org_10.23728_b2share.4e8ac36c0dd343da81fd9e83e72805a0&d=DwMGaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=wwJH356XCDakWUgLAqHerw&m=c5cRCLnw3zyD7IQcHcVhWksESgL4RthK0AJR997wtec&s=NwdDBxlO5MMOZyODAZhBQOVKHnYVamWtX8MoDbQ3QJU&e=> . Groups such as RDA will have an important role, but they need to take this role. Are we ready for this?

best
Peter

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Subject: Re: [CODATA-international] some questions Re: The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud

Dear all

I do follow this list and never intervened up till now, but given the importance of the subject and our involvement, I wanted to share this.
One of the driving forces behind our work on EOSC was to make sure that the entry conditions for data science (which will be all science soon) are the same for all scientists, irrespective of where they are hosted or operate. EOSC is governed as a commons and thus egalitarian at resource level and therefore EOSC is also an inclusive project and if we could lift the same policy framework to a global level (UN?) we would secure that in the future eall are equal (to start with their research) in data science.

This being said, it will not be simple to make it happen of course. Not per se technical, but mainly governance wise (vested interests)
And may be also because it is easier to be cynical that voluntaristic.
But that is my personal view not to be tweeted ☺


JcBurgelman
Open science unit EC
Lead unit on EOSC



From: CODATA-international <codata-international-bounces at lists.codata.org<mailto:codata-international-bounces at lists.codata.org>> On Behalf Of Fraser Taylor
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 8:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODATA-international] some questions Re: The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud

Mark and Falk,
Thank you for your observations. It is perhaps hard not to be cynical over announcements of this type given the difficulties of implementation and the challenges involved but at least the sentiments expressed are moving in the right direction!
Fraser.
Sent from my iPad

On Nov 26, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Parsons, Mark <parsom3 at rpi.edu<mailto:parsom3 at rpi.edu>> wrote:
Hi Falk,

As you know, I too have been involved in these sort of things for a long time and have suffered the same disappointments. And yes this declaration has both the old and new buzz words and only so much meaning. And yes this is just Europe right now. And yes governments and people continue to do bad things. The world is messy and riddled with evil.

BUT, as another outsider, I have sensed a real sea change in European science funding. I genuinely believe they are the current global leaders in pushing for ethical openness. Witness Plan S and the impact of the GDPR.

The politics and funding are complex and fraught, and I worry about European over-regulation, but I know both the politicians and the practitioners behind EOSC. They are committed and sensible. I think it likely that this will have significant impact. The world will continue to be messy, but there will be a step forward in the advancement of human knowledge and sharing.

cheers,

-m.

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On 26 Nov 2018, at 11:46, Falk Huettmann <fhuettmann at alaska.edu<mailto:fhuettmann at alaska.edu>> wrote:

Dear all,

thanks,
great to see data open and in the public. I always like to see friendly intents.
It's important to be done, globally, and with the sciences and all people in mind for sure.

Still, over the decades we have seen many of such eloquent announcements like below, such styles.
But then just see where things stand: what for and for whom, to what outcome ?

It's like a ~one page statement -signed by ministries etc - to fix the world via some EU action.

I mean, how naive is that ?

One must be in shock if that is really to be serious. The world is bigger than the EU and its 'global leadership'. I am not seeing it, really.

For reality, I propose just see for EU data on raptor (bird) poaching, Malta issues, fisheries, forest inventories,
bird banding, cancer clusters, habitat loss, socio-economic or air quality and contamination with statistical confidence and geo-referenced?
Many other examples exist, and think of Brexit, Switzerland or Norway (or Russia, China, Japan and Africa, + Brazil).
Where are those data, and in a good form, and how used and presented in 'the cloud' then, shared with the world, for a good world, with ISO compliant metadata ?

Happy to learn otherwise, but from experienmce I see many problems in that text.
It looks to me rather half-baked and not well thought out at all 'lacking teeth'.

For examples on similar (but bigger) statements see with Budapest Open Access, Berlin Declaration, GBIF, Kazbergi on Mountain Data and so on, publishers included.
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And then see how those have progressed, or not. The cloud is just a add-on to those things; same style.
Again, I am happy to see things doing very well, but the track record leaves me very sad already.
We can only hope for the best then, in my view.

Very best
   Falk Huettmann PhD, Professor
    Uni of Alaska Fairbanks

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:01 AM anup kumar das <anupdas2072 at gmail.com<mailto:anupdas2072 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Here is the text:

The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud
Vienna, 23 November 2018

We, Ministers, delegates and other participants attending the launch event of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC):
1. Recall the challenges of data driven research in pursuing excellent science as stated in the “EOSC Declaration” signed in Brussels on 10 July 2017.
2. Reaffirm the potential of the European Open Science Cloud to transform the research landscape in Europe. Confirm that the vision of the European Open Science Cloud is that of a research data commons, inclusive of all disciplines and Member States, sustainable in the long-term.
3. Recognise that the implementation of the European Open Science Cloud is a process, not a project, by its nature iterative and based on constant learning and mutual alignment. Highlight the need for continuous dialogue to build trust and consensus among scientists, researchers, funders, users and service providers.
4. Highlight that Europe is well placed to take a global leadership position in the development and application of cloud services for Science. Reaffirm that the European Open Science Cloud will be both European and open to the world, reaching out over time to relevant global research partners.
5. Recall that the Council - in its conclusions of 29 May 2018 - welcomed the implementation roadmap and the federated model for the European Open Science Cloud. It invited the Commission and all Member States to set up a common governance framework that ensures participation of stakeholders from the research community based on principles of transparency, openness and inclusiveness and an effective involvement of all Member States.
6. Note that the 2018 EOSC Summit (held on 11 June 2018) called for acceleration towards making the European Open Science Cloud a reality, hinting at the need to further strengthen the ongoing dialogue across institutions and with stakeholders, for a new governance framework to be launched in Vienna, on 23 November 2018.

We therefore:
7. Resolve to harness the many ongoing and planned activities at EU and Member States level to cooperate in establishing an inclusive partnership with a view to developing the European Open Science Cloud as a federated infrastructure that can enhance value-based, open, trusted, user-centric digital services across borders within the Digital Single Market (DSM).
8. Invite all Member States, as well as public and private stakeholders in Europe, to support actively this joint effort and the new European Open Science Cloud governance structure for a successful implementation of the initiative.
9. Call for the European Open Science Cloud to provide all researchers in Europe with seamless access to an open-by-default, efficient and cross-disciplinary environment for storing, accessing, reusing and processing research data supported by FAIR data principles.
10. Commit to support service provision for the European Open Science Cloud by helping connecting relevant national and disciplinary nodes to the pan-European level.
11. Reaffirm the potential of the European Open Science Cloud to enable first-class data-driven science and to stimulate new business models benefiting our society and the economy. Recognise that such services will create opportunities for both public and private sectors, notably by intensifying reuse of public sector information while preserving data integrity, and ensuring access, transparency within and across borders.

We therefore declare to work together towards realising the potential of the European Open Science Cloud for the benefit of citizens, society and the economy.

[The Vienna EOSC Declaration was developed by Paolo Budroni, University of Vienna, and Stefan Hanslik, Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research in close cooperation with the European Commission.]

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On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 6:09 PM DE LUCA Massimo (EEAS-PRETORIA) <Massimo.DE-LUCA at eeas.europa.eu<mailto:Massimo.DE-LUCA at eeas.europa.eu>> wrote:
Dear Anand ,

Many thanks for the spreading the good news!

Hopefully, we'll hear more at the Science Forum in Pretoria next month where both JRC and RTD will attend and engage also on open science

Kind regards



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From: CODATA-international [mailto:codata-international-bounces at lists.codata.org<mailto:codata-international-bounces at lists.codata.org>] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 11:10 AM
To: CODATA International
Subject: [CODATA-international] The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud


Following a major effort by the European Commission, the Member States and the scientific community, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eosc-2Dportal.eu_&d=DwMGaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=wwJH356XCDakWUgLAqHerw&m=c5cRCLnw3zyD7IQcHcVhWksESgL4RthK0AJR997wtec&s=z0W_5ZbaMDI4boxHe77nCBl0h484tA0l31niaenT-lo&e=>  was launched to provide a safe environment for researches to store, analyse and re-use data for research, innovation and educational purposes. The Commission presented the governance structure and the portal to EU science ministers and future users at an Austrian EU Presidency conference<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eosc-2Dlaunch.eu_home_&d=DwMGaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=wwJH356XCDakWUgLAqHerw&m=c5cRCLnw3zyD7IQcHcVhWksESgL4RthK0AJR997wtec&s=r8e8dCX_y58uZDxBDb9Yq6VF6Tq6g2S1eI0t0CNJ7bU&e=> in Vienna on  23rd Nov 2018 .

The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud is at  https://eosc-launch.eu/declaration/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__eosc-2Dlaunch.eu_declaration_&d=DwMGaQ&c=nE__W8dFE-shTxStwXtp0A&r=wwJH356XCDakWUgLAqHerw&m=c5cRCLnw3zyD7IQcHcVhWksESgL4RthK0AJR997wtec&s=Uvp781nGEGKnHAW5LcWPtN_pHNBVliPf9YBf0CCRHg8&e=>
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My greetings to all colleagues who worked to make this possible.

Best wishes,

Suchith





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