An Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Societies Summit Meeting: Critical Steps Toward a Biological Data Systems Confederation

将召开为期三天的会议，由出版生态学、进化论和生物生物学期刊的主要专业学会的领导人参加。这次会议有两个目标：(1)制定一份关于数据共享和存档的共同政策声明，并为各学会实施这一政策制定路线图；(2)规划一次或多次后续会议，以解决诸如技术、知识产权、经济和培训等问题。生物科学的研究人员越来越需要利用从世界各地收集的数据来解决全球问题。随着计算速度和数据存储能力的提高以及成本的下降，技术已经不再是共享现成数据的障碍，而是科学界根深蒂固的习惯。改变这些习惯需要发展技术手段、文化诱因和培训机会，使所有潜在用户都能获得生物数据、信息和知识，包括科学家、资源经理、决策者和学生。如果专业协会和资助机构共同努力，而不是单独行动，这样的系统性变革更有可能取得成功。协商一致的政策声明和路线图将包含一套具体的目标步骤和日期，从而要求将支持已发表论文的所有数据存放在公共档案中。这一路线图的实施将有助于解决构成普遍获取数据的主要障碍的文化障碍。

A three-day conference of leaders of the major professional societies that publish ecology, evolution, and organismal biology journals will be convened. This conference has two goals: (1) develop a common policy statement on data sharing and archiving, with a roadmap for implementation of this policy by the societies and (2) to plan for one or more subsequent meetings to address such issues as technological, intellectual property, economics, and training concerns. There is an increasing need for researchers in the biological sciences to address global problems, using data collected from around the world. As computing speeds and data storage capacities have increased and costs have dropped, technology has become less an obstacle to ready data sharing than are the ingrained habits of the scientific community. Changing these habits requires development of technological means, cultural inducements, and training opportunities that make biological data, information, and knowledge available to all potential users, including scientists, resource managers, decision-makers, and students. Such systemic change is far more likely to be successful if professional societies and funding agencies work together, rather than acting alone. The consensus policy statement and roadmap will contain a specific set of target steps and dates leading toward requirements for deposition in public archives of all data supporting published papers. Implementation of this roadmap will help address the cultural obstacles that constitute the primary obstacle to universal data accessibility.