On 6th October the High-Level Group on Scientific Data presented their
final report to Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the
Digital Agenda. The report "Riding the Wave: How Europe can gain from
the rising tide of scientific data" is the result of six months of
intense brainstorming and consultations with experts around the world to
prepare a "vision 2030" for Scientific Data e-Infrastructures.
According to the JISC Managing Research Data blog..."As well as seeking to demonstrate ways in which research data management in UK Universities can be improved, the JISCMRD programme seeks to demonstrate the benefits of making research data as openly available as possible.
After two years of research, the European project PARSE.Insight held its final symposium on 25th June 2010 to present results and recommendations for the science data infrastructure in Europe.