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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778673603321

Titolo

Bits of power [[electronic resource] ] : issues in global access to scientific data / / Committee on Issues in the Transborder Flow of Scientific Data, U.S. National Committee for CODATA, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997

ISBN

0-309-17497-X

0-309-52356-7

0-585-00180-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

501/.4

Soggetti

Communication in science

Research - Information services

Database management

Information technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibiliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Trends and Issues in Information Technology""; ""3 Scientific Issues in the International Exchange of Data in the Natural Sciences""; ""4 Data from Publicly Funded Research�The Economic Perspective""; ""5 The Trend Toward Strengthened Intellectual Property Rights: A Potential Threat to Public-Good Uses of Scientific Data""; ""APPENDIX A Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""APPENDIX B Glossary""; ""APPENDIX C Examples of Successful International Data Exchange Activities in the Natural Sciences""

""APPENDIX D Inquiry to Interested Parties on Issues in the Transborder Flow of Scientific Data""""Index""