Open science & Legal concerns

Why and how share, use and reuse biodiversity data?

November 2025

Olivier Norvez

Yvan Le Bras

Animation coordinator
@PNDB  
@DataTerra  

Scientific and technical coordinator
@PNDB  
@DataTerra  

Data lifecycle

Open science






Open Science represents a new approach to the scientific process based on cooperative work and new ways of diffusing knowledge by using digital technologies and new collaborative tools.

 European Commission, n.d.

Adapted from EOSC-Hub

Open science

The ambition of the European Open Science Cloud, known as EOSC, is to develop a Web of FAIR Data and Services for science in Europe. The implementation of EOSC is based on a long-term process of alignment and coordination pursued by the Commission since 2015.

Source: EOSC-Hub

Open science

Missions

  • To ensure the coordinated implementation, with higher education and research institutions, of the national open science strategy
  • To enable the development of open science skills within the scientific community
  • To coordinate France’s actions in the field of open science at the European and international level
  • Define the principles and guidelines for the use of funds from the National Open Science Fund
  • Define the principles and guidelines for negotiations with the main publishers of scientific publications
  • To propose to the ministers responsible for research and higher education and to public authorities all actions likely to strengthen or promote access to knowledge, data, software and source code for research


Open science

- Figure from Pontika et al., 2015

Licenses

Etalab 2.01: A license that fits within an international context by being compatible with the standards of Open Data licenses developed abroad and in particular those of the British government (Open Government Licence) as well as other international standards (ODC-BY, CC-BY 4.0).


CC-BY 4.0: This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. CC BY includes the following elements: BY: credit must be given to the creator.


And you? Are you FAIR and Open?