OECD Ministers Support Open Access for Publicly Funded Research Data

Daniel writes Information Today reports that the OCED has issued a Final Communique on Jan. 30, 2004, supporting open access to publicly funded research data. According to the story, this support for open access definitely extends to large data collections such as the Human Genome Project, and may extend to reports and journal articles paid for by national governments.

The entire article may be read at http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb040209-2.sht ml.”