Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
Open-Source Science Initiative
NASA is making a long-term commitment to building an inclusive open science community over the next decade. Open-source science is a commitment to the open sharing of software, data, and knowledge (algorithms, papers, documents, ancillary information) as early as possible in the scientific process. The principles of open-source science are to make publicly funded scientific research transparent, inclusive, accessible, and reproducible. Advances in technology, including collaborative tools and cloud computing, help enable open-source science, but technology alone is insufficient. Open-source science requires a culture shift to a more inclusive, transparent, and collaborative scientific process, which will increase the pace and quality of scientific progress.
To help build a culture of open science, NASA is championing a new initiative: the Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI). OSSI is a comprehensive program of activities to enable and support moving science towards openness, including policy adjustments, supporting open-source software, and enabling cyberinfrastructure. OSSI aims to implement NASA’s Strategy for Data Management and Computing for Groundbreaking Science 2019-2024, which was developed through community input.
Announcements
Planetary Science Data
Check out the *NEW* Planetary Data webpage with information about data archives and opportunities.
SPD-41 Science Information Policy
We have recently released Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Policy: SPD-41: The Science Information Policy. This policy consolidates existing guidance on maximizing the openness and accessibility of the information that SMD produces. Learn More
We’ve also released a Request for Information to gather feedback on the implementation to the information policy and on the impact of the proposed changes to SPD-41.
Why do Open Science?
- Broadens participation and fosters greater collaboration in scientific investigations by lowering the barriers to entry into scientific exploration
- Generates greater impact and more citations to scientific results
Learn more about the benefits of open science.
Open-Source Science at NASA
Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI) includes the following components:
- Transform to Open Science (TOPS) provides the visibility, advocacy, and community resources to support and enable the shift to open science.
- OSSI Infrastructure (More information coming soon!)
- SMD Data Catalog
- Publications Search
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Science Platforms
- Open-Source Software awards
- OSSI Policies
- Open-Source Science for Data Processing and Archives Workshop
- Science Mission Directorate Science Data
