An Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Societies Summit Meeting: Critical Steps Toward a Biological Data Systems Confederation

生态学、进化论和有机生物学学会峰会：迈向生物数据系统联盟的关键步骤

• 批准号: 0424702
• 负责人: Clifford Duke
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Ecological Society of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-15 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0424702&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ecology; Evolution; Organismal; Biology; Societies

A three-day conference of leaders of the major professional societies that publish ecology, evolution, and organismal biology journals will be convened. This conference has two goals: (1) develop a common policy statement on data sharing and archiving, with a roadmap for implementation of this policy by the societies and (2) to plan for one or more subsequent meetings to address such issues as technological, intellectual property, economics, and training concerns. There is an increasing need for researchers in the biological sciences to address global problems, using data collected from around the world. As computing speeds and data storage capacities have increased and costs have dropped, technology has become less an obstacle to ready data sharing than are the ingrained habits of the scientific community. Changing these habits requires development of technological means, cultural inducements, and training opportunities that make biological data, information, and knowledge available to all potential users, including scientists, resource managers, decision-makers, and students. Such systemic change is far more likely to be successful if professional societies and funding agencies work together, rather than acting alone. The consensus policy statement and roadmap will contain a specific set of target steps and dates leading toward requirements for deposition in public archives of all data supporting published papers. Implementation of this roadmap will help address the cultural obstacles that constitute the primary obstacle to universal data accessibility.

出版生态学、进化论和有机生物学期刊的主要专业学会领导人将召开为期三天的会议。这次会议有两个目标：(1) 制定关于数据共享和归档的共同政策声明，以及协会实施该政策的路线图；(2) 规划一次或多次后续会议，以解决技术、知识产权、经济和培训问题。生物科学研究人员越来越需要利用从世界各地收集的数据来解决全球问题。随着计算速度和数据存储容量的提高以及成本的下降，与科学界根深蒂固的习惯相比，技术不再是现成数据共享的障碍。改变这些习惯需要发展技术手段、文化诱因和培训机会，使所有潜在用户（包括科学家、资源管理者、决策者和学生）都能获得生物数据、信息和知识。如果专业协会和资助机构共同努力，而不是单独行动，这种系统性变革更有可能取得成功。共识政策声明和路线图将包含一组具体的目标步骤和日期，以实现将支持已发表论文的所有数据存放在公共档案中的要求。该路线图的实施将有助于解决构成普遍数据可访问性的主要障碍的文化障碍。