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It is crucial to accelerating progress in research. Data plays a central role in our ability to help solve the Coronavirus crisis, predict and counter natural disasters, to understand human biology, or to develop advances in computing technology.</strong></em></p> <p>Despite its tremendous importance, today, research data remains largely fragmented—isolated across millions of individual computers, blocked by disparate technical, legal and financial restrictions.</p> <p>The amount of scientific and scholarly data grows exponentially each year, yet we still lack the infrastructure, policies, and practices to harness this vital resource. While some high profile projects—such as the <a href="https://www.genome.gov/10001772/all-about-the--human-genome-project-hgp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Human Genome Project</a> and <a href="https://home.cern/topics/large-hadron-collider" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Large Hadron Collider</a>—make their data openly accessible, too often data isn’t shared beyond those who generate it. The Internet was built by researchers to share data, but data sharing isn’t yet the norm in research. Research data also needs to be FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable or Reusable).</p> <p><strong>The tremendous gap between what is possible with digital technology and our outdated infrastructure has led to the call for Open Data.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-data/open-data-benefits/">The benefits of Open and FAIR Data are clear</a>.</p> <div class="post-footer"><p>Tags: <a href="https://sparceurope.org/tag/dissemination/" rel="tag">dissemination</a>, <a href="https://sparceurope.org/tag/open-data/" rel="tag">open data</a>, <a href="https://sparceurope.org/tag/open-science/" rel="tag">open science</a>, <a href="https://sparceurope.org/tag/policy/" rel="tag">policy</a>, <a href="https://sparceurope.org/tag/research/" rel="tag">research</a>, <a href="https://sparceurope.org/tag/researcher/" rel="tag">researcher</a>, <a href="https://sparceurope.org/tag/technology/" rel="tag">technology</a></p></div> </div> </article> <aside class="sidebar"> <div id="sow-button-19" class="widget-box widget widget_sow-button"><div class="inside"><div class="so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-flat-d54d590c759e" ><div class="ow-button-base ow-button-align-left"> <a href="https://openscholarchampions.eu/opendata/" class="sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" > <span> Open Data Champions </span> </a> </div> </div></div></div><div id="black-studio-tinymce-43" class="widget-box widget widget_black_studio_tinymce"><div class="inside"><h3 class="widget-title">More links</h3><div class="textwidget"><ul> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-data/what-is-open-data/">Open/FAIR Data</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-data/what-is-open-data/">What it is</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-data/open-data-benefits/">Benefits</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-data/our-od-action/">Our work</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-data/sparc-europe-open-data-resources/">Resources</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-access/">Open Access</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/">Open Education</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/sustainingopenscienceinfrastructure/">Sustaining Open</a></li> </ul> </div></div></div></aside> </div> </main> </div> </div>  <footer id="footer" class="col-2"> <div class="inside clear"> <div class="secondary"> <div class="left"><p><span class="menu-footer"></span><span class="copyright-footer"><a href="https://sparceurope.org/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> | © 2024 SPARC Europe<br /><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ccby.jpg" alt="creativecommons.org"><br />Subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</a></span><span class="logos-footer"><span><a href="http://libereurope.eu/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/liber-2.png" alt="libereurope.eu"></a></span><span><a href="http://www.oaspa.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/oaspa_logo1.png" alt="oaspa.org"></a></span><span><a href="http://coar-repositories.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/coar-2.png" style="max-width:100%" alt="coar-repositories.org"></a></span><span><a href="https://sparcopen.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sparc-org3.png" alt="sparceurope.org"></a></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </footer> </div>  </div>  <script> jQuery(document).ready(function($){ 'use strict'; if ( 'function' === typeof WOW ) { new WOW().init(); } }); </script> <link rel='stylesheet' id='sow-button-flat-d54d590c759e-css' href='https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/siteorigin-widgets/sow-button-flat-d54d590c759e.css?ver=3799b7e74935c894139fd5e696296e50' type='text/css' media='all' /> <script type="text/javascript" id="lsow-frontend-scripts-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var lsow_settings = {"mobile_width":"780","custom_css":".lsow-piechart .lsow-label, .lsow-piechart .lsow-percentage span {color:#575759;}\n.lsow-piechart canvas{background-color:#eeeeec;border-radius: 120px;}\n.lsow-piechart .lsow-label, .lsow-piechart .lsow-percentage span{z-index:200;}"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/plugins/livemesh-siteorigin-widgets/assets/js/lsow-frontend.js?ver=3.9" id="lsow-frontend-scripts-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="dlm-xhr-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var dlmXHRtranslations = {"error":"An error occurred while trying to download the file. 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