Open Access

Open dataScience

The principle that access to the published papers and other results of research, should be freely available to everyone.

This contrasts with the traditional model where research is published in journals which charge subscription fees to readers.

In practice

Besides benefits similar to the benefits of open data, proponents suggest that it is immoral to withhold potentially life-saving and valuable research from some readers who may be able to use or build on it.

Related terms

Data science

Anonymization

Data anonymization is a type of process to remove sensitive information to protect the identity of individuals in datasets.

Technology

API – Application Programming Interface

An API is an interface that defines how, for example, software applications can communicate with each other. APIs allow different software systems to interact and share data.

Open data

Attribution

Attribution means acknowledging the source of data when using or re-publishing it, giving proper credit to the original creators or providers.