Creating the Information Commons for e-Science: Introductory Remarks to the Workshop

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Type:	Conference Paper
Author:	David, Paul A.
Conference:	International Workshop Creating the Information Commons for e-Science: Toward Institutional Policies and Guidelines for Action
Location:	UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
Conf. Date:	1-2 September 2005
Date:	2005
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5260
Sector:	Information & Knowledge
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Subject(s):	information commons transaction costs
Abstract:	"References to the 'digital commons' and the 'information commons' now abound, evoking in allusive, metaphoric terms the idea of a sphere of common use rights. To what does 'the common' refer? Most simply, we understand a common' to constitute a collectively held and managed resource to which access by cooperating parties is open (though perhaps limited as to extent or use), and subject to minimal transactions costs."

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