Detail in the data: a new approach to archived research

Once researchers write up the results of clinical trials, cohort studies and registries the data is too often dormant, which the Australian Research Data Commons says is a waste of money, well, what the ARDC actually says  is data sets are “inaccessible and isolated, with significant untapped latent value,” but you get the idea.

Quite a lot of money, ARDC suggests Australia spends $1bn pa on clinical trials.  So, the Commons in cooperation with CSIRO, wants to encourage a “nationally supported approach to data storage, enhanced access, curation, provenance, standards, analysis, sharing and reward systems.”

There is a meeting in Canberra on March 6 to have a yarn about it all.


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