ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses some of the details in making data open from the point of view of those who produce data and knowledge — researchers. Although open data advocates have produced some guidelines for making data open, they do not specifically address how researchers should work with specific types of data. Furthermore, open data policy documents such as the EC’s Recommendation on providing open access to scientific information (2012) and the OECD Principles and Guidelines (2007) only attend to data in a very general way and do not address the way in which data is produced, managed and interpreted through particular types of research or information practices.
