[Board] ENABLING FAIR DATA COMMITMENT STATEMENT IN THE EARTH, SPACE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Peter,

I have added this as an agenda item at the next regularly scheduled 
Board meeting, on 6 September 
(https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2018-09-06).  Would you mind 
attending this IRC meeting in person?

Thanks,

-jeff



On 2018-08-07 6:38 AM, "Peter Löwe" wrote:
> Hello Board,
> 
> thanks for the feedback so far regarding the proposal to have OSGeo officially sign the online commitment statement of the Enabling FAIR Data project (http://www.copdess.org/enabling-fair-data-project/commitment-to-enabling-fair-data-in-the-earth-space-and-environmental-sciences/).
> 
> AFAIK there is currently no hard deadline for the signing of the commitment statement, so the Board can discuss the topic with ample time.
> 
> The projects goal is to permanently establish the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) as a step towards Open Science. From this point of view, open source software, like the graduated OSGeo projects) are considered a part of scientific _data_, which is/should be provided via well curated data repositories (i.e. software repository infrastructures as required by the OSGeo incubation process).
> 
> More info about the project here: http://www.copdess.org/enabling-fair-data-project/commitment-to-enabling-fair-data-in-the-earth-space-and-environmental-sciences/
> 
> Overview of the signatories so far:
> http://www.copdess.org/enabling-fair-data-project/commitment-to-enabling-fair-data-in-the-earth-space-and-environmental-sciences/signatories/
> 
> best,
> Peter
> 
> <peter.loewe at gmx.de>
> 
> 
>