ESC OER Taskforce/open data
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“Open data is data that anyone is free to use, reuse and redistribute without restriction (except, perhaps the requirements to attribute and sharealike).” From http://opendatacommons.org/guide/
Open data follows along closely with the idea of open content. The idea of data being open and freely shared is extremely important to anyone doing research on anything. Open data is an important concept in open science.