Research Data Sharing and Valorization

Appendix B

Reference Documents

MESRI 2018 National Open Science Plan

July 2018

Source: Ouvrir la Science – National plan for Open Science | 4th July 2018

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Secondary aim: Structuring and opening up research data

Our ambition is to ensure that data produced by government-funded research in France are gradually structured to comply with the FAIR Data Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and that they are preserved and, whenever possible, open to all. During the announcement of the “Artificial Intelligence” plan at the Collège de France on March 29, 2018, the President of the French Republic announced plans to implement a compulsory Open Access dissemination mandate for all data published through government-funded projects. Certain exceptions to this obligation will be admitted as set out in law, such as when the data in question involve professional secrecy, industrial and trade secrets, personal data or content protected by copyright. The mandate will also include the best practices determined by each scientific community, such as setting the lengths of embargo periods.

Furthermore, the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation will create the position of Chief Data Officer (CDO) for research data. The CDO will work with the French government’s Chief Data Officers and oversee a network of research data officers in the relevant institutions. An ANR FLASH call ...