RDA and ICSU-WDS announce the Scholix framework for linking data and literature

Read the full story at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/iwds-rai061616.php




The Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the International Council for Science World Data System (ICSU-WDS) announce a new global framework for linking publications and datasets. The Scholix framework -- Scholarly Link Exchange -- represents a set of aspirational principles and practical guidelines to support a global information ecosystem around links between scholarly literature and research data.
The framework aims for a seamless exchange of information about literature and related data, thereby facilitating re-use, reproducibility, and transparent evaluation of science. The Scholix framework consists of a conceptual and information model, with standards, guidelines and options for encoding and exchange protocols. The three core objectives of the framework are:

1. Increase visibility and discoverability of data and articles
2. Place data in context to enable re-use
3. Support credit attribution mechanisms

The Scholix framework is the output of a working group led by RDA and ICSU-WDS and a number of key global players in research information including, among others, Crossref, DataCite, OpenAIRE, PANGAEA, International STM Association, Australian National Data Service, and Elsevier.

Contextualizing Publications and Datasets

Set of articles linked below on publishing data from the 2nd CFP: Second Workshop on Linking and Contextualizing Publications and Datasets (Sep. 12, 2014 in London).

D-Lib Magazine, v. 21, no. 1/2, Jan/Feb 2015 http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january15/01contents.html contains papers from this workshop

Thanks to Anne Stevenson for alerting us to this publication

Metrics – schmetrics…what to believe?

Altmetrics is not the only critique of our obsession with citation metrics -  a very readable set of critical articles are now available in the most recent issue of Research Trends.

http://www.researchtrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Research_Trends_Issue_37.pdf

RDA-WDS Publishing Data IG Webinar for STM Members

The RDA-WDS Publishing Data IG organized a first webinar primarily for members of STM and their colleagues. The presentations covered how publishers, data centres and research institutes are working together on Data Publishing, from establishing better workflows, to business models and including the design for an infrastructure to link data and publications. The video and audio recording, as well as the presentations are available here. 

Please circulate and we welcome your feedback as we are planning to target the other stakeholders with similar webinars.