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Science Commons

Science Commons (SC) was a Creative Commons project for designing strategies and tools for faster, more efficient web-enabled scientific research. The organization's goals were to identify unnecessary barriers to research, craft policy guidelines and legal agreements to lower those barriers, and develop technology to make research data and materials…

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Founded
2005
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Dissolved
2009
Focus
Building infrastructure for open science
Founder
Lawrence Lessig
Key people
John Wilbanks

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Science Commons

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples30
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

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Science Commons

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related to Biological Materials Transfer Project · 13
Science Commons → Amazon, Creative Commons, DNA, It, Material, MTA, Project, The, The Biological Materials Transfer, The MTA, This, Unfortunately, Web-deployed
related to history · 3
Science Commons → Creative Commons, In, The
related to Neurocommons · 3
Science Commons → Open Source, Science Commons’ Neurocommons, The
Dissolved · 1
Science Commons → 2009
Focus · 1
Science Commons → Building infrastructure for open science
Founded · 1
Science Commons → 2005
Founder · 1
Science Commons → Lawrence Lessig
Key people · 1
Science Commons → John Wilbanks
Location · 1
Science Commons → Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Type · 1
Science Commons → Non-profit organization

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commons science project research materials creative data open tools access scientific barriers legal lower discovery technology massachusetts cambridge biological transfer

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Science CommonsDissolved20091.00infobox
Science CommonsFocusBuilding infrastructure for open science1.00infobox
Science CommonsFounded20051.00infobox
Science CommonsFounderLawrence Lessig1.00infobox
Science CommonsKey peopleJohn Wilbanks1.00infobox
Science CommonsLocationCambridge, Massachusetts, United States1.00infobox
Science CommonsTypeNon-profit organization1.00infobox
DNAinstance ofmodular contracts to lower the costs of transferring biological materials0.80text
cell linesinstance ofmodular contracts to lower the costs of transferring biological materials0.80text
model animalsinstance ofmodular contracts to lower the costs of transferring biological materials0.80text
moreinstance ofmodular contracts to lower the costs of transferring biological materials0.80text
Science Commonsrelated to Biological Materials Transfer ProjectThe Biological Materials Transfer0.60section

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