IUCr Workshop 012 - From Open Data to Global Open Science

Session

Session 4

Aug 11, 2026, 2:50 PM

Calgary

Description

Rising above the national concerns are the international organisations. For crystallography this is IUCr of course. But across all the sciences and wider we have the UN and its subsidiaries UNESCO and the International Science Council and its committee for data, CODATA. IUCr sends representatives to these bodies.

12. Open publications and their underpinning data and open software code

John Helliwell

8/11/26, 2:50 PM

I know that open research is a good thing to ensure my laboratory’s research findings are as reproducible as possible. Accordingly, as a laboratory leader, I have made all our scientific outputs as available as possible. This involved, as resources grew, such as open access of our publications, protein structure coordinates and structure factors free to deposit and use via the PDB and, as...

13. Global Open Science in China - TBC

TBC

8/11/26, 3:20 PM

14. Global Open Research Commons (GORC): a model for improved interoperability and collaboration

Charles Woodford (RDA)

8/11/26, 3:50 PM

The coordination of data infrastructure is on the rise. “Open Science Commons” or “Data Commons” provide a shared virtual space for data and services. The Research Data Alliance Global Open Research Commons (RDA GORC) groups are working to support coordination amongst national, pan-national and domain specific organizations such as the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and the European Open...

15. Open Discussion

Andrew Goetz (ESRF)

8/11/26, 4:20 PM