The Australasian Open Access Support Group and Creative Commons Australia welcome the new initiatives in the government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda.
In a modern world both publications and the data underlying them are equally important parts of research and their value and potential to contribute to innovation are maximized when the publications and data are made openly available.
We therefore very much welcome the recognition of the importance of open data, as reflected in the creation of Data61. We also support the idea that new and additional ways of recognizing the impact of universities is needed – beyond traditional publications.
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