HWU-A

historically white Afrikaans university

HWU-E

historically white English university

ICSTI

International Council for Scientific and Technical Information

ICSU

International Council for Science

ICT

information and communication technology

INASP

International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications

INDMED

Indian Biomedical Journals Database

INSERM

French Institute of Health and Medical Research

IP

intellectual property

IPR

intellectual property right

ISTIP

International Scientific and Technical Information Programs

JPM

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

NDVI

normalized difference vegetation index

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NIST

National Institute for Science and Technology, United States

NLM

National Library of Medicine, United States

NSDI

National Spatial Data Infrastructure

OAI

Open Archives Initiative

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OSVITA

Ukrainian national educational information system

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

PDB

Protein Data Bank

PERI

Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information

R&D

research and development

SADC

South African Development Community

SciDev.Net

Science and Development Network

SPARC

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

STACCIS

Support for Telematics Applications Cooperation with the CIS

TPM

technological protection measures

TRIPS

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (agreement)

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

URAN

Ukrainian Research and Academic Network

WHO

World Health Organization

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WSIS

World Summit on the Information Society

WTO

World Trade Organization

XML

extensible markup language

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)