• Front Matter R1-R12

• Introduction 1 Welcome by CODATA President 1-4

• 2 Introduction by Symposium Chair 5-6

• 3 UNESCO’s Approach to Open-Access and Public-Domain Information 7-9

• 4 Science Communication and Public Policy 10-14

• Session 1: Legal, Economic, and Technological Framework for Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science 5 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair 15-18

• 6 Overview of Legal Aspects in the European Union 19-23

• 7 Database Protection in Countries of the South 24-28

• 8 Economic Overview of Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Scientific and Technical Information 29-32

• 9 Scientific Research, Information Flows, and the Impact of Database Protection on Developing Countries 33-40

• 10 Information Technology and Data in the Context of Developing Countries 41-44

• Session 2: Data and Information in the Public Health Sector 11 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair 45-48

• 12 The Ptolemy Project: Delivering Electronic Health Information in East Africa 49-54

• 13 Health Information for Disaster Preparedness in Latin America 55-57

• 14 Bioline International and the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: A Collaborative Model of Open-Access Publishing 58-62

• Session 3: Data and Information in the Environmental Sector 15 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair 63-65

• 16 Geospatial Information for Development 66-68

• 17 Borders in Cyberspace: Conflicting Government Information Policies and Their Economic Impacts 69-73

• 18 Recent Developments in Environmental Data Access Policies in the Peoples’ Republic of China 74-76

• Session 4: Basic Sciences and Higher Education19 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair 77-80

• 20 Information Needs for Basic Research: An African Perspective 81-84

• 21 International Transfer of Information in the Physical Sciences 85-90

• 22 Access to Scientific Information: The Ukrainian Research and Academic Network 91-94

• Session 5: Innovative Models for Public-Domain Production of and Open Access to Scientific and Technical Data and Information 23 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair 95-97

• 24 A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data: International Considerations 98-102

• 25 The Open-Source Paradigm and the Production of Scientific Information: A Future Vision and Implications for Developing Countries 103-109

• 26 New and Changing Scientific Publication Practices Due to Open-Access Publication Initiatives 110-113

• 27 Overview of Open-Access and Public-Commons Initiatives in the United States 114-118

• Session 6: Examples of New Initiatives in Developing Countries 28 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair 119-121

• 29 Overview of Initiatives in the Developing World 122-126

• 30 Open-Source Geographic Information Systems Software: Myths and Realities 127-133

• 31 Open-Access Research and the Public Domain in South African Universities: The Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems 134-145

• 32 The Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems 146-149

• 33 Metadata Clearinghouse and Open Access to Geographic Data in Namibia 150-153

• 34 Open-Access Initiatives in India 154-157

• 35 Closing Remarks by Symposium Chair 158-160

• Appendix A: Symposium Agenda 161-166

• Appendix B: Biographical Summaries of Symposium Speakers and Steering Committee Members 167-175

• Appendix C: Symposium Attendees 176-181

• Appendix D: Acronyms and Initialisms 182-183

" 35 Closing Remarks by Symposium Chair ." Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004 .

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